Barnes v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

Ivory Barnes was convicted of murder and sentenced to sixty-five years imprisonment. His direct appeal presents several issues for our review that we restate as follows:

I. Did the State prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Barnes knowingly killed the victim despite his claim of alcohol intoxication?

II. Did the trial court err in replacing one of the original jurors with an alternate?

III. Did the trial court err in denying Barnes’s motion for a change of venue?

We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

On August 9, 1995, Barnes and Gary Lun-dy were drinking together in a bar in…