P. v. Laine
Appellant was convicted of first degree murder for fatally shooting his former girlfriend Kim OHara. On appeal, he faults the trial court for failing to preinstruct the jury on certain legal concepts and refusing his proposed instruction on heat of passion. He also contends the court erred in allowing evidence that OHara was afraid of him and that he had a propensity for domestic violence. court reject these contentions and, other than correcting a clerical error in the abstract of judgment, affirm the judgment in its entirety.
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