Lopez v. State

HILL, Justice.

[¶ 1] Appellant, John Kenneth Lopez (Lopez), was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and of being an habitual criminal. He was sentenced to a term of 10 to 15 years of imprisonment, with credit for all time served. Lopez contends that there was insufficient proof of each element of the offense of voluntary manslaughter, that the jury was not properly instructed on the elements of voluntary manslaughter, and that the State’s introduction of an habitual criminal charge, in this retrial after reversal of Lopez’s original conviction, was improper and vindictive and that the State…