That was denied. They asked for, and received, manslaughter. It is not, was not, automatic.
Did you catch MOM checking out the small monitor (ipad?) that the judge had on her desk?
Negative. The ambush was 3rd degree. Manslaughter is an automatic lesser. There was NEVER any doubt it would be there.
“That was denied. They asked for, and received, manslaughter. It is not, was not, automatic.”
So does that mean that the charge of manslaughter is a compromise verdict, thereby allowing the jury to know the length of prison sentence, or not? Anybody know?