Nordstrom v. State

RUCKER, Judge.

After trial by jury Donald E. Nordstrom was convicted of Reckless Homicide, a Class C felony 1 , for which he received an eight-year sentence. He now appeals raising three issues for our review which we rephrase as follows:

1) Did the trial court's jury instruction on the defense of mistake of fact require reversal?

2) Did Nordstrom receive ineffective assistance of counsel?

3) Did the trial court properly weigh aggravating and mitigating factors in imposing sentence?

We affirm.

The record reveals on October 9, 1991, Nordstrom's wife, Anna, asked Nordstrom to shoot a stray cat which…