Donahoo v. State

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

The opinion issued in this cause on February 11, 1994, is withdrawn and the following substituted therefor.

Shannon K. Donahoo, the appellant, was convicted of murder and was sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment. He raises two issues on this direct appeal from that conviction.

I

By testifying on direct examination that he shot the victim in self-defense and that, afterward, he went to the police station to tell the police what happened, the appellant "opened the door" for the prosecutor to ask if he told the police that he acted in self-defense.

On direct examination by…