State v. Ransom

HART, Judge Pro Tem.

Heath Cary Ransom appeals from his judgment of conviction and sentence for voluntary manslaughter, I.C. § 18-4006(1). Ransom raises as issues whether: (1) the district court abused its discretion when it excluded expert testimony regarding the effects of intoxication on the human body; (2) I.C. § 18-116, which precludes consideration of voluntary intoxicated condition in determining criminal intent, is unconstitutional; (3) the district court erred in refusing to give an involuntary manslaughter instruction; and (4) the district court abused its discretion when it imposed…