FORTUNE v. STATE

No. 2011-KA-01057-COA.

110 So.3d 831 (2013)

Mark Andrew FORTUNE a/k/a "Andy", Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

March 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Paul Starks II , Starkville, Erin Elizabeth Pridgen , attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Laura Hogan Tedder , attorney for appellee.

Before LEE, C.J., BARNES and FAIR, JJ.


BARNES, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Mark Fortune was convicted of fondling his brother's eleven-year-old stepdaughter and sentenced to two years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). He appeals the conviction, claiming the circuit court erred in denying his jury instruction for "legal unconsciousness due to involuntary intoxication." Finding no error, we affirm.

SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Fortune...

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