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- Title: Sells v. State
- Author : New Mexico Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 18, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 50 KB
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Joseph Sells petitioned this Court on a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals in State v. Sells (Ct. App. No. 5440, filed February 16, 1982), which affirmed the conviction of the defendant for the crime of murder in the second degree with a firearm enhancement. Mr. Sells was charged with the deliberate first degree murder of his wife, Barbara Sells. The jury was instructed on first and second degree murder and on involuntary manslaughter. Mr. Sells requested instruction on voluntary manslaughter was refused. The issue we decide on certiorari is whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct on voluntary manslaughter. We hold that it did, and reverse.