abandonment caused by extrinsic factors is voluntary for purposes of the abandonment statute is a question of Iaw that has been answered by the Indiana appellate courts. See Barnes, 378 N.E.2d at 843 ("For an abandonment to be considered voluntary, it must in no way be attributable to the influence of extrinsic cireumstances.") (emphasis added). It is well-established that while the jury is to determine both the law and the facts in criminal cases, the trial court's instructions are the best source of the law, and in determining the law, jurors are required to stay within the law as it exists. Malone v. State, 660 N.E.2d 619, 632 (Ind.Ct.App. 1996), overruled on other grounds by Winegeart v. State, 665 N.E.2d 893 (Ind.1996); see also Johnson v. State, 518 N.E.2d 1073, 1076 (Ind.1988) (<HOLDING>). The trial court did not improperly emphasize
holding no error in rejecting the appellants proffered instruction even though that statement was based on language from case law when the amci instruction was a proper statement of the law holding that instruction stating that the instructions of the court are the best sources as to the law applicable to this casel  is a correct statement of law recognizing that instructions must be correct and complete holding that the requested instruction was not required under rule 4325c because even assuming that the requested instruction was a correct statement of law the trial judge exercised his discretion properly holding that if jury instructions viewed as a whole fairly state the applicable law to the jury the failure to give particular instructions will not be error