State v. Garcia

OPINION

FELTER, Justice.

Defendant-appellant (Garcia) was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He brings a direct appeal to this Court. We affirm.

Garcia claims that the State failed to establish a deliberate intention to kill and that he was entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal on the charge of first-degree murder. Secondly, he asserts that there is evidence in the record to support the giving of a voluntary manslaughter instruction, which the court refused.

In reviewing Garcia’s first claim of error, we must view the evidence , in the light most favorable…