State v. Vanzant

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of aggravated rape and aggravated kidnapping and received sentences of twenty (20) years and twenty-one (21) years, respectively. The defendant was also convicted of carrying a weapon with the intent to go armed and received a sentence of six (6) months in the county jail and a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00). The sentences were ordered to be served concurrently.

The defendant says he was entitled to have the jury charged that voluntary drunkenness is a defense to a crime requiring proof of specific intent, says the requirement that the trial…