Moore v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

Brenda Moore appeals her conviction of Public Intoxication, a class B misdemean- or. Her sentence was modest.1 A divided Court of Appeals panel reversed. Moore v. State, 935 N.E.2d 301 (Ind.Ct.App.2010). We granted transfer and now affirm the conviction.

Indiana Code § 7.1-5-1-3 states, “It is a Class B misdemeanor for a person to be in a public place or a place of public resoH in a state of intoxication caused by the person’s use of alcohol or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1-9)” (emphasis added). Established precedent has long recognized that a person in a…