Bosnick v. State

I respectfully dissent. Appellant did not at any time offer any instruction defining second degree murder or manslaughter, either voluntary or involuntary. He only requested the reading of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2152 (Repl. 1964), which was not a correct instruction on any degree of homicide, or any jury instruction at all for that matter. It certainly would give a jury no guideline by way of distinction of the degrees of homicide or of punishment. Furthermore, appellant did not object to any instruction given, or to the omission of any issue in the instructions given.

If appellant desired an…