Merchant v. State

MILLS, Judge.

Merchant appeals from his conviction for aggravated battery with a firearm. He contends the trial court erred in refusing to allow him to testify regarding a prior violent act by the victim, refusing to instruct the jury pursuant to his requested instructions, and imposing a sentence based upon an incorrect sentencing guidelines score-sheet. We affirm.

Guy Arthur, the victim in this case, testified that he went to visit his girlfriend, Linda Cowen, and upon entering her house noticed smoke inside. He looked out the window and saw grass burning along the fence which separated the…