SHIELDS, Presiding Judge.
Arthur E. Haynes, Jr. appeals his conviction for public intoxication on the grounds the evidence is insufficient to sustain it.
We reverse.
Proof Haynes was in a public area is an essential element of the State's case. IC 7.1-5-1-3 (1988). The evidence Haynes was intoxicated on the porch of a private residence is insufficient to support his conviction for public intoxication. State v. Culp (1982), Ind. App.,
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