Brent Cole v. State of Indiana

PYLE, Judge.

Statement of the Case

[1] Brent Cole (“Cole”) appeals, following a jury trial, his convictions for Class A misdemeanor strangulation 1 and Class A misdemeanor battery. 2 At trial, Cole did not tender a preliminary instruction on self-defense but raised the defense during the course of the trial. There was a motion in limine in place prohibiting any evidence of prior allegations of violence by the victim, but, during trial, Cole made references to his statement — that he had warned the victim to never touch him or his family again — that 'Cole had made while he pinned the victim to…