Beasley v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant Larry E. Beasley guilty of attempted murder, a class A felony, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-41-5-1 (West Supp. 1994), § 85-42-1-1 (West Supp.1992), and adjudged him a habitual offender, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-50-2-8 (West Supp.1992). Beasley was sentenced to forty-five years in prison for attempted murder, to which thirty years was added for being a habitual offender.

Beasley asserts that the trial court committed fundamental error by failing to inform the jury that he must have intended to kill the victim to be convicted of attempted murder. We agree and…