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Old 04-16-2015, 03:18 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by Mike P View Post
The judge didn't submit second degree murder to the jury, as far as I understand it. I heard the jury instructions and she didn't instruct them on second degree.
When they asked the jury for the verdict they asked them if he was guilty of murder, guilty of murder in the second degree, or not guilty. Then they read the verdict.....that's where I got it from.

Might just be a standard way of asking for that type of verdict.
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