Wright v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

In a prosecution for murder, a jury con-viected Jessie Lee Wright of Reckless Homicide.1 The trial court sentenced Wright to eight years in prison. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals reversed Wright's conviction on the ground that the trial court improperly instructed the jury that it could conviet Wright of the lesser included offense of Reckless Homicide. Wright v. State (1994), Ind.App., 648 N.E.2d 417, reh'g de-med. We write to resolve the unfortunate confusion that has arisen in the cases that address when a trial court should instruct juries…