Christopher Naas v. State of Indiana

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

Christopher Naas appeals his conviction for Class B misdemeanor public intoxication under Indiana’s recently amended statute. He contends that the evidence is insufficient to show that he was intoxicated and that he breached the peace and/or annoyed or alarmed another person. The evidence of Naas’s red, watery eyes, slurred speech, unsteady balance, odor of alcohol about his person, and Naas alarming others by walking toward them in an aggressive manner while yelling at them which caused them to back away from him is sufficient to prove public intoxication. We…