Cheshier v. State

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Lisa K. Cheshier was convicted of Aggravated Battery,1 a class B felony. The trial court sentenced Cheshier to fifteen years’ imprisonment. She presents the following restated issues on appeal:

1. Did the trial court commit fundamental error in instructing the jury on Cheshier’s defense of voluntary intoxication?

2. Did the trial court impose a manifestly unreasonable sentence?

We affirm.

The facts most favorable to the judgment are as follows. Cheshier’s conviction arose out of events that occurred on June 22,1996, after Cheshier and Lorraine…