Shayla Bowling v. State of Indiana

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

Shayla Bowling appeals her conviction for Domestic Battery, 1 as a class D felony. She presents the following restated issue for review: As a matter of law, can a defendant married to one person be convicted of domestic battery of another person under the “is or was living as if a spouse” provision of the domestic battery statute?

We affirm.

Despite being married to another man with whom she shared a child, Bowling had been involved in a romantic relationship with C.C. for two years prior to her arrest on the instant charges. Bowling and C.C. had lived together off and…