Gravens v. State

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

David Gravens appeals his conviction for Attempted Robbery. Specifically, Gravens argues that the trial court's jury instruction on the defense of abandonment is erroneous and that the evidence is not sufficient to support the jury's finding that Gravens did not voluntarily abandon the attempted robbery. Because the case law language added to the pattern jury instruction is necessary to fully inform the Jury of the law applicable to the facts and it neither emphasizes a particular eviden-tiary fact nor states an appellate standard of review, and because there…