Billy Brantley v. State of Indiana

Najam, Judge.

Statement of the Case

Billy Brantley appeals his conviction for Voluntary Manslaughter, a Level 2 felony. He raises three issues for our review, but we need only consider the following dispositive issue: whether the State presented sufficient evidence to support Brantley’s conviction for voluntary manslaughter. We reverse.

Pacts and Procedural History

In July 2014, Brantley lived in a home in Indianapolis with his sister, Mar*399tha Gunn (“Martha”), her husband, Bruce Gunn (“Bruce”), and the couple’s eight year old son, Sean. Brantley had known Bruce for eighteen years and had lived…