Battles v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

On March 12, 1996, a jury convicted the defendant, Lamonte M. Battles, of Murder, 1 Voluntary Manslaughter, 2 a class A felony, and Robbery, 3 a class A felony. The trial court merged the counts of Voluntary Manslaughter and Robbery into the Murder count, and sentenced defendant to sixty years’ imprisonment.

Defendant appeals his convictions and sentence and raises the following issues for our consideration: (1) whether the trial court erred in refusing defendant’s tendered instructions regarding the voluntariness of his statement to police and the defense of accident; and…