State v. Eric Carter

OPINION

JOSEPH M. TIPTON, Judge.

The defendant, Eric L. Carter, appeals as of right from his conviction by a jury in the Shelby County Criminal Court for second degree murder, a Class A felony. He was sentenced to twenty-four years confinement in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction and that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. We affirm the judgment of conviction.

At trial, Veronica Edwards, the victim’s daughter, testified that she…