Robertson v. State

DOWNEY, Judge.

This is a timely appeal from a judgment of conviction and a sentence of seventeen years’ imprisonment, with a three-year mandatory minimum, for the offense of second-degree murder with a firearm.

Appellant, Claudette Robertson, was charged with second-degree murder with a firearm. At trial, there was testimony that she was involved in a struggle with the victim, and a gun that was in her possession discharged and killed the victim.

Appellant contends that she requested the court to instruct the jury on the offense of second degree murder without a firearm as a lesser-included…