Moore v. State

OPINION

STATON, Judge.

A jury convicted Joel F. Moore (“Moore”) of two counts of attempted murder, class A felonies.1 Moore raises two issues on appeal which we restate as:

I. Whether the evidence is sufficient to support Moore’s convictions for attempted murder.

II. Whether the trial court committed fundamental error instructing the jury on the defense of voluntary intoxication.

We reverse and remand.

The facts most favorable to the verdict reveal that on November 20,1992 Joel Moore met Jamie Woods and Rodney Woods at Dave’s Bar in LaGrange, Indiana. After socializing at Dave’s Bar for some time,…