State v. Echols

Larry Wayne Echols appeals from a judgment, entered on a jury verdict, convicting him of first degree murder, in violation of sec. 940.01, Stats. (1985-86), and from an order denying him post-conviction relief. He alleges several trial-court errors. First, he contends that the trial court improperly did not submit to the jury the lesser-included offenses of manslaughter — heat of passion, under sec. 940.05(1), Stats. (1985-86), and homicide by reckless conduct, under sec. 940.06, Stats. (1985-86). Second, he argues that the trial court's "road map" instruction, crafted to assist the jury in…