Reinbold v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, a class B felony, I.C. 85-42-1-8, and was given a twenty-year sentence. - Appellant now brings this direct appeal and claims that the trial court erred in giving and refusing certain instructions, in denying his motion for change of venue from the county, and in sentencing.

The facts giving rise to this appeal are essentially without dispute. In 1986, Ronnie Lothamer was a thirty-five-year-old divoreed man living with his parents, who had a summer cottage on a lake. Appellant, a retired policeman with…