Opinion ID: 2159194
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Text: Defendant assigns, as error, the refusal of the trial court to give four of its tendered final instructions, said instructions relating to: (A) defendant's pre-trial statement, as evidence, (B) theft, as a lesser included offense of the crime charged, (C) self-defense and (D) intoxication, as a defense to the crime charged.    In determining whether an instruction has been properly refused, we must determine: `(1) whether the tendered instruction correctly states the law, (2) whether there is evidence in the record to support the giving of an instruction, [and] (3) whether the substance of the tendered instruction is covered by other instructions which are given.' (citation omitted) Spears v. State, (1980) Ind., 401 N.E.2d 331, 334.