State v. Alston

EAGLES, CWef Judge.

Defendant Willard Alston was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 25 to 30 months of incarceration. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred by (1) failing to admit a police detective’s synopsis of defendant’s statement into evidence; (2) failing to instruct the jury on the law of self-defense; and (3) denying defendant’s motion to dismiss. Defendant also requests that the trial transcript be corrected to reflect that he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter instead of voluntary manslaughter. After careful consideration of the transcript,…