State v. Patterson

LANSING, Judge.

Kelvin Ray Patterson appeals from his conviction for felony injury to a child, I.C. § 18 — ISOlil). 1 The sole issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in refusing to give Patterson’s requested jury instructions regarding evidence that an abnormal mental condition prevented him from forming the mental state that is an element of the crime. We conclude that it was not error for the district court to refuse the instructions.

Patterson was charged with the aforementioned crime in connection with injuries suffered by his step-daughter who was then twenty-two months old.…