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Pursuant to Ind.Appellate Rule 65(D), this Memorandum Decision shall not be regarded as precedent or cited before any court except for the purpose of establishing the defense of res judicata, collateral estoppel, or the law of the case.

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: TIMOTHY J. BURNS Indianapolis, Indiana

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: STEVE CARTER Attorney General of Indiana ANN L. GOODWIN Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
OREN MUNSON, Appellant-Defendant, vs. STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee-Plaintiff. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 49A02-0703-CR-272

APPEAL FROM THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT The Honorable Melissa Kramer, Commissioner Cause No. 49G16-0612-CM-239027

October 25, 2007

MEMORANDUM DECISION - NOT FOR PUBLICATION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge

Oren Munson appeals his conviction of Domestic Battery, 1 a class A misdemeanor, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence as the sole issue on appeal. We affirm. The facts favorable to the judgment are that Munson served six months in prison and was released on October 27, 2006. Two days later, Munson and his wife, Heather Munson, were staying at Munson's mother's house. That morning, as Heather prepared to leave for work, an argument erupted when Munson told Heather he did not want her to go to work. When she attempted to leave, he grabbed her arm and punched her in the upper lip. The inside of Heather's lip began to bleed. After Heather stopped the bleeding, she left the house to take a walk. When she returned, she decided not to go to work because Munson had threatened to blow up her workplace and Heather "wasn't going to take that chance." Transcript at 7. Heather left Munson and moved in with a friend on November 1, 2006. Evidently, on or about November 11, 2006, Heather reported the incident to Milford 2 Tillman, an Indianapolis Police Department officer who provided security at her workplace. On November 21, 2006, Heather spoke with Detective Tiffany Haston of the Indianapolis Police Department. On January 10, 2007, Haston filed an Affidavit for Probable Cause supporting charging informations alleging Munson committed battery

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