State v. Parsley

OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction and sentence for first degree manslaughter. Minn.Stat. § 609.20(2) (1992) (manslaughter while committing or attempting to commit a misdemeanor). We reverse, reduce the conviction to second degree manslaughter, and remand for resentencing.

FACTS

Steven Klasen died on January 10,1993, of a single gunshot wound to his heart and lung area. The shot was fired during a party at appellant Duane Lowell Parsley’s house in Oklee. Eyewitnesses testified that Parsley fired the shot. Parsley admitted to police that he was holding the gun…