People v. Boisvert

Nelson W. Boisvert, the defendant, appeals from his conviction of murder after a jury trial and from the imposed sentence of 20-35 years in the penitentiary. Defendant contends that the State’s failure to prove his sanity and guilt beyond a reasonable doubt requires reversal, and that the court’s refusal to give a tendered instruction defining involuntary manslaughter was error which requires a new trial.

On July 22, 1972, about 10 P.M., defendant and several of his friends went to the Boone Lake Camp grounds with various camping gear to get the camp site ready, while their wives apparently…