People v. Gutirrez

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• rehabilitation does not outweigh other considerations persuasive of a severe sentence
• the prosecutor’s reference to involuntary manslaughter as “the lowest class of felony” was improper since the purpose of this comment was to imply that an involuntary manslaughter verdict would result in negligible punishment for the defendant as compared to first-degree murder
• where defendant was in a position of safety, he did not communicate with the victim, and the victim did not approach defendant, and the victim did not have a weapon, it was not error for the court to refuse to instruct on second degree murder

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