Commonwealth v. Browdie

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an instruction is warranted where the offense was made an issue in the case and where the trial evidence reasonably would support such a verdict
• “[W]e hold that a trial court shall only instruct on an offense where the offense has been made an issue in the case and where the trial evidence reasonably would support such a verdict.”
• “[W]e hold that a trial court shall only instruct on an offense where the offense has been made an issue in the case and where the trial evidence reasonably would support such a verdict.”
• “Instructions regarding matters which are not before the court or which are not supported by the evidence serve no purpose other than to confuse the jury.”
• “Instructions regarding matters which are not before the court or which are not supported by the evidence serve no purpose other than to confuse the jury.”
• a trial court shall only instruct on “heat of passion” voluntary manslaughter, or any other offense, where the offense has been made an issue in the case and where the trial evidence reasonably would support such a verdict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).