Chambers v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

Robert Chambers was convicted of the murder of John Christopher Madden and sentenced to sixty-five years imprisonment. On appeal, Chambers presents one issue for review: whether he is entitled to a new trial based on the trial court’s refusal to give a proposed instruction regarding the impeachment of a witness by prior inconsistent statements. We affirm the trial court.

Factual and Procedural Background

In the early morning hours of April 25, 1998, after consuming a large number of beers and shots of whiskey at two India napolis bars, Chambers and a friend, Eric Cruz, were…