Clark v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Accused of setting an apartment fire that killed a young woman, appellant Timothy Clark was tried to a jury and convicted of arson, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-43-1-1 (West 1986), and felony murder, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1(2) (West 1986). The judge sentenced Clark to forty years.

In this direct appeal, Clark raises three issues:

I. Whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence items of clothing seized by arson investigators from the backseat of Clark's car.

II. Whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow the defendant's expert witness to give his opinion…