Albretsen v. State

| Appellant Johnathan Albretsen was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault on a family or household member in the death of his stepfather, Joe Gonsalves. A Saline County jury convicted him of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Al-bretsen argues on appeal that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction and that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on negligent homicide. We affirm.

There was evidence that Albretsen, twenty-four years old at the time of the offense, lived with his mother, Teresa Gon-salves, the victim,…