Brand v. State

OPINION

ROBB, Judge.

Adrian Brand was convicted, following a jury trial, of voluntary manslaughter, a Class A felony. The trial court sentenced Brand to the Indiana Department of Correction for fifty years. Brand now appeals his conviction and resulting sentence. We reverse.

Issue 1

Brand raises two issues for our review, one of which we find dispositive: Whether the trial court properly excluded testimony offered by Brand to prove his state of mind when he fatally shot Lickliter.

Facts and Procedural History

The facts reveal that on February 8, 1999, Brand, age sixteen, was riding in an automobile…