State v. LeGrand

DONIELSON, Judge.

The defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of first-degree murder. He contends that the trial court erred by refusing to submit voluntary manslaughter as a lesser-included offense. He also asserts that his right to a fair trial was violated when sheriff’s deputies transported jurors to the courthouse during deliberation.

In 1987 the State charged John LeGrand with first-degree murder for killing a young woman named Julie Yosmek by slitting her throat, stabbing her, and crushing her skull with a hammer. LeGrand admitted responsibility for Vosmek’s death, but at trial…