Hamilton v. State

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

James Hamilton appeals his convictions of voluntary manslaughter, battery, and carrying a handgun without a license. Specifically, Hamilton contends that the trial court erred in refusing to give his tendered jury instruction on criminal recklessness as a lesser-included offense of murder and in instructing the jury on reasonable doubt. Because the trial court instructed the jury on reckless homicide as a lesser-included offense of murder and reckless homicide and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon are both Class C felonies, the trial court did not…