Welch v. State

OPINION

SULLIVAN, Judge.

Appellant, Richard P. Welch, was convicted of Battery as a Class C felony 1 and was determined to be an habitual offender. 2 Welch presents three issues upon appeal, which we restate as: (1) whether the trial court erred in limiting ecross-ex-amination of witnesses regarding the victim's violent character; (2) whether one of the predicate convictions supporting the habitual offender determination was a felony; and (8) whether the trial court violated the Blakely rule in sentencing Welch.

We affirm.

The facts most favorable to the jury's verdict reveal that on June 14,…