State v. Knoten

PLEICONES, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of murder, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of first degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the deaths of thirty-year-old Kimberly Brown (“Kim”) and three-year-old Layah Brazil (“Layah”). He received consecutive sentences of life without the possibility of parole for the murder offenses and a consecutive sentence of thirty years for criminal sexual conduct. On appeal, he alleges the trial court erred in refusing to instruct *300the jury on voluntary manslaughter in connection with Kim’s homicide, in refusing to charge the…