Clematine Hollingsworth v. State of Indiana

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

Following a bench trial, Clematine Holl-ingsworth was convicted of Public Intoxication, 1 a class B misdemeanor. Hollings-worth appeals and argues that the failure to retroactively apply a recent amendment to the public intoxication statute to her offense constituted fundamental error.

We affirm.

In the early evening of May 12, 2012, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Officer Benjamin Owens responded to a report of two women fighting in an Indianapolis apartment complex. When Officer Owens arrived, he encountered a crowd of people, including Hollingsworth. Some of the…