Court Opinion

ID: 9793825
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:53:34.803181+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:07:30.047836
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Stafford, J.
(concurring in the result) — As indicated by the majority, this court recently considered an instruction similar to instruction No. 9 given by the trial court. It was found constitutionally wanting. For that reason I agree a new trial must be ordered.
Nevertheless I do not agree with the majority's resolution of the manslaughter issue. At the time the trial court rejected defendant's manslaughter instruction, defense counsel failed to adequately inform the trial court of the reason for his objection. There being no compliance with CrR 6.15(c), the majority and the Court of Appeals should not have reversed the trial court on that ground. Rather than extend the length of my opinion, I shall adopt the well reasoned dissent of Judge Munson in the court below.
Wright, C.J., and Brachtenbach and Horowitz, JJ., concur with Stafford, J.