People v. Méndez Lorenzo

Marcelino Méndez Lorenzo, the appellant, was convicted by a jury in the former District Court of Puerto Rico, Ma-*855yagüez Section, of murder in the second degree and of attempt to kill. We are considering both, cases jointly in this appeal. In this brief the appellant merely challenges the instructions given to the jury by the judge who presided over the trial. His most important objections refer to the definition of the offenses of murder in the first and in the second degree, voluntary manslaughter and attempt to kill and to the judge’s instructions as to the definition of malice and malice…