Boyd v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Following a jury trial, appellant, Brian Boyd, was convicted of criminal confinement, 1.0. 35-42-8-8(2), a Class B felony; criminal deviate conduct, I.C. 85-42-4-2(1), a Class A felony; and two counts of rape, 1.C. 85-42-4-1(a)(1), both Class A felonies. Appellant received the presumptive ten-year sentence for the Class B felony, and an aggravated forty-year sentence for each Class A felony, all sentences to be served concurrently.

Appellant now brings this direct appeal specifying the following trial court actions as error:(1) Refusing to give tendered defense instructions…