Denton v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Roy Edsel Denton, the defendant-appellant, was convicted by a jury of rape, Ind. Code Ann. § 35-42-4-1, and was also determined to have accumulated two prior unrelated felony convictions as defined in the habitual offenders statute, Ind.Code § 35-50-2-8. He was sentenced to serve a total of forty-five years' imprisonment. He now presents this appeal raising the following claims:(1) Whether the trial court erred in overruling his objections to questions asked of him on cross-examination concerning past convictions that were alleged in the habitual offender count of the…