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LECHNER v. STATE

No. 49A02-9809-CR-741.

715 N.E.2d 1285 (1999)

Anthony LECHNER, Appellant-Defendant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

September 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin C.C. Wild, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorney for Appellant.

Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General of Indiana, James B. Martin, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellee.

OPINION

MATTINGLY, Judge.

Anthony Lechner appeals his conviction, after a jury trial, of child molesting, a Class B felony.1 He raises one issue on appeal, which we restate as whether the trial court improperly declined to give an instruction Lechner tendered concerning the defense of mistake of fact.

We reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On an evening during the summer of 1997, Lechner, who was 17...

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