Michigan Court of Appeals· 12/10/1998

People v. Sullivan

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586 N.W.2d 578
231 Mich. App. 510

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stating that “where a defendant is convicted of first-degree murder, and the jury rejects other lesser included offenses, the failure to instruct on voluntary manslaughter is harmless”
“by definition, any special traits of the particular defendant cannot be considered[;] [t]he fact that defendant may have had some mental disturbance is not relevant to the question of provocation”
“Furthermore, where a defendant is convicted of first- degree murder, and the jury rejects other lesser included offenses, the failure to instruct on voluntary manslaughter is harmless. Here, the jury rejected a verdict of second-degree murder . . . .”

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Judges: Talbot, Fitzgerald, Young

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