Youmans v. State

Alfonso Youmans was charged with first degree murder and aggravated child abuse in connection with the death of his live-in girlfriend’s twenty (20) month old son. Youmans was convicted of the lesser included offense of aggravated manslaughter on the murder count; the trial court refused to instruct the jury on lesser included offense on the aggravated child abuse *672count, and Youmans was convicted as charged. While we affirm the aggravated manslaughter conviction, we reverse the aggravated child abuse conviction where the trial court failed to instruct the jury on simple child abuse, as…