State v. Monroe

PERRY, Judge.

Louis Andrew Monroe appeals from his judgment of conviction after a jury trial for battery with intent to commit a serious felony. I.C. §§ 18-903, -911. Monroe was sentenced to a fifteen-year determinate term of incarceration. We affirm.

I

FACTS

The facts adduced at trial were that Monroe and the victim’s mother, B.B., had been neighbors and acquaintances years ago. After meeting by chance at a local bar on the evening of April 17, 1994, B.B. invited Monroe to her home because Monroe had indicated he might have a job for her son. The only persons at home were her thirteen-year-old…