Betwel Birari v. State of Indiana

OPINION

BROWN, Judge.

Betwel Birari appeals his conviction for attempted rape as a class B felony. Birari raises two issues which we revise and restate as:

I. Whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain his conviction; and

II. Whether the prosecutor committed prosecutorial misconduct that resulted in fundamental error.

We affirm.

The relevant facts follow. Birari and A.J. both worked at a nursing home as certified nursing assistants and became friends. Birari told A.J. that he wanted to take their friendship to the “next level,” and A.J. indicated that she just wanted to remain friends.…