State v. McMillan

STEELMAN, Judge.

Evidence that defendant “had words” with one of the deceased was not sufficient to negate the malice supporting his conviction for second-degree murder, nor was it sufficient to require a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter in the two murder cases. The temporal sequence of the taking and the use of a firearm did not negate defendant’s conviction for armed robbery that was the basis of his first-degree felony murder conviction. Where constitutional arguments are not presented at trial, they are not preserved for appellate review. Where officers advised defendant that if…