Ramsey v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Fairlis Ramsey was convicted of attempted murder for shooting his estranged wife in the head. He was also adjudicated a habitual offender. He seeks to have both adjudications set aside on grounds that the jury was not properly instructed on the intent necessary to be guilty of attempted murder. While the instruction was defective, it adequately informed the jury of the law in this regard. As such, we affirm.

This Court has jurisdiction over this direct appeal because the longest single sentence exceeds fifty years. Ind. Const. art. VII, § 4; Ind. Appellate Rule…