Robert Lawrence Albores, Jr. v. State of Indiana

OPINION

ROBB, Chief Judge.

Case Summary and Issue

Robert Lawrence Albores, Jr., appeals his conviction of murder, a felony. Al-bores raises one issue for our review: whether the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to give his proposed jury instruction regarding the presumption of innocence. Concluding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion, we affirm the conviction.

Facts and Procedural History

Albores and the victim in this case, Michael Miranda, got along with no problems for several years. However, in 2008, Al-bores’s cousin was shot and killed. Al-bores believed Miranda…