Isom v. State

BARTEAU, Judge.

Appellant David J. Isom appeals his conviction of dealing in cocaine, a Class B felony. Five restated issues are presented:

1. Was appointment of counsel with no criminal jury trial experience an abuse of discretion?

2. Was Isom’s trial counsel ineffective?

3. Was it error to sustain the State’s peremptory challenges to the only two black jurors on the panel?

4. Was it reversible error to permit hearsay testimony?

5. Was it error to limit defense counsel’s inquiry concerning benefits received by the confidential informant?

FACTS

On February 24, 1988 Trooper Wayne Billings of the…