Darroux v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In May 2007, during a confrontation at a barbecue, Josiah Darroux shot and killed James Brink, his girlfriend's cousin. Based on this incident, Darroux was indicted for second-degree murder. At the conclusion of Darroux's trial, the jury found that he had acted in the heat of passion, and so the jury convicted Darroux of the lesser offense of manslaughter.

In this appeal, Darroux does not contest his conviction, but he raises several issues dealing with his sentencing. Darroux asserts that the superior court should have struck, or at least greatly abridged, the section…