Barany v. State

ON DIRECT APPEAL

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant was charged with murder. Ind. Code Ann. § 85-42-1-1 (West Supp.1994). A jury found him guilty but mentally ill. Ind.Code Ann. § 35-86-2-8 (West 1986). This case comes to us on direct appeal. Ind.Appellate Rule 4(A)(7). He received a sixty-year sentence. Appellant raises the following issues:

1) whether the verdict is contrary to law because the evidence was overwhelming and uncontroverted that appellant was insane at the time of the killing;

2) whether the jury instructions were improper; 3) whether appellant was denied the effective assistance of…