Larry Lyons, Jr. v. State of Indiana

OPINION

BRADFORD, Judge.

Appellant-Defendant Larry Lyons Jr. was charged with and tried for Class B felony dealing in methamphetamine (Count I), Class D felony methamphetamine possession (Count II), Class D felony unlawful possession of a syringe (Count III), and Class A misdemeanor paraphernalia possession (Count IV). A jury found Lyons guilty of Counts I and II, and the trial court merged Count II into Count I and sentenced Lyons to eight years of incarceration with two years suspended. Lyons contends that the trial court committed fundamental error in instructing the jury in the following…