People v. White

Dennis Lee White (defendant) was charged in the Arapahoe County District Court with the crime of first-degree murder.1 Trial was held to a jury, which was instructed on the offense of first-degree murder as well as on the lesser offenses of second-degree murder,2 manslaughter,3 and criminally negligent homicide.4 The jury was also instructed that it could consider the affirmative defense of voluntary intoxication only as to the first-degree murder charge. A verdict was returned, finding the defendant guilty of second-degree murder. We affirm.

In this appeal,5 the defendant raises three issues:…