SUPRENANT v. State

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge.

Case Summary

Jack Edwin Suprenant, Jr. ("Supre nant") appeals his conviction and sixty-year sentence for Murder, a felony. 1 We affirm. 2

Issues

Suprenant presents two issues for review: 3

I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to instruct the jury on Voluntary Manslaughter; and

II. Whether his sentence is inappropriate.

Facts and Procedural History

Suprenant, Kerry Bruckman, and Bruckman's three children (two of which were fathered by Suprenant) lived together in Gary, Indiana. On September 16, 2006, after the couple had argued for several days, in part…