Smith v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Mark Smith, was convicted by a jury of attempted murder, a Class A felony, Ind.Code §§ 35-41-5-1, 35-42-1-1(1) (Burns 1979 Repl.). He was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction for a term of thirty years. He raises the following three issues in this direct appeal:

1. Whether it was reversible error to overrule the defendant’s motion to dismiss *704based upon the allegedly inadequate charging information;

2. Whether it was reversible error to admit into evidence a tape recording of the victim’s statement to police; and

3. Whether defendant was denied the…