Centamore v. State

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder. The questions presented are whether the trial court abused its discretion by limiting the voir dire examination to approximately thirty minutes in length and whether appellant was entitled to have the jury charged on the lesser included offenses of involuntary manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. We affirm the conviction.

Keith Daniel Centamore (Centamore or appellant) and Tracy Birchfield (Tracy) were good friends. During the later part of 1978 disagreements with his parents caused Centamore to move out…