Christensen v. State

Although I concur in Divisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of Judge Eldridge’s excellent opinion, I must respectfully dissent from Divisions 1 and 6 because I believe that errors in the trial court’s charge require us to reverse the conviction.

For a complete understanding of the issues in this case, the facts must be stated in greater detail than they are set out in the majority opinion. This case arose from an incident during a soccer game in which the defendant threw one punch after being called a motherf — r. Although initially sentenced to twenty years confinement with ten years to…