Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided April 21, 1987No. 2 CA-CR 4174PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FERNANDEZ, Judge.
After a lengthy jury trial, appellant Sherrie Lee Davis was convicted of second-degree murder. On appeal, we find that the jury was improperly instructed on the lesser-included offense of manslaughter, which requires that the case be remanded for a new trial.
Appellant and the victim, Billy Johnson, dated from March 1983 until the beginning of 1984. In May 1984, appellant went to the police and accused Billy of having raped her three times during the previous year. On August 25, 1984, appellant went to the home of a friend and retrieved a gun that she had left there…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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