Day 17 preliminary charge conference · competing requests, no final rulings | Prosecution Case

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Card #29: Day 17 preliminary charge conference · competing requests, no final rulings

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The parties previewed requested murder, intoxication, and lesser-offense instructions; Judge Sullivan said the draft remained preliminary and fixed no instruction.

[ALLEGATION] The Commonwealth requested first- and second-degree murder instructions, including deliberate-premeditation and extreme-atrocity-or-cruelty theories, and opposed involuntary-intoxication and involuntary-manslaughter instructions. [ALLEGATION] The defense requested involuntary-intoxication and involuntary-manslaughter instructions based on alleged prescribed-medication effects. [VERIFIED FACT] Judge Sullivan said he would circulate a rough draft and that nothing was fixed; this preliminary conference did not grant or deny either side's requests.