Tunstill v. State

*541DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant was tried to a jury on a charge of murder and was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, a Class B felony, I.C. 35-42-1-8.1 He received an executed sentence of twenty years. In this direct appeal, appellant challenges both the validity of his conviction and the propriety of his sentence.

Appellant first argues that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction for manslaughter. Specifically, appellant claims that the evidence at trial established that he acted in self-defense. Where the issue of self-defense is asserted by a defendant and finds support in…