Murrell v. State

OPINION

BARTEAU, Senior Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-Appellant Natalie E. Murrell appeals her two convictions of attempted trafficking with an inmate, one as a Class C felony and one as a Class A misdemean- or, Ind.Code § 35-44-3-9 (2009), and the sentence imposed upon those convictions. We affirm in part and remand in part.

ISSUES

Murrell raises three issues, which we restate as:

I. Whether the finder of fact erred by rejecting Murrell’s defense of duress.

II. Whether the penalty for Murrell’s Class C felony conviction violates Article I, Section 16 of the Indiana Constitution (“the…