Dayhuff v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CONOVER, Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Robert Dayhuff (Dayhuff) appeals his jury trial conviction for Battery, a class A misdemeanor pursuant to IND.CODE 85-42-2-1.
We reverse.
Dayhuff presents one issue for our review, namely, whether the trial court erred in refusing Dayhuff's tendered instruction concerning self-defense.
The only evidence on Dayhuff's theory of self-defense is his testimony and that of Plaintiff-Appellee Sharrett Manasco (Ma-nasco), Dayhuff's former fiancee. Their testimony is mostly contradictory.
The parties agree Manasco went to Day-huff's trailer to retrieve a roto-tiller…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Palmer v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
- United States v. James Hillsman and Clinton BushCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Washburn v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986
- Harrington v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
- Smith v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
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