State v. Edge

OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction for second degree murder or, in the alternative, a new trial. He contends the evidence of his intent to assault the victim was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain a conviction for second degree murder and that the court committed reversible error by refusing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of first-degree manslaughter. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant Robert Larry Edge, Jr., caused the strangulation death of his girlfriend Julie Guimont on March 3, 1986. A jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, the…