Vanway v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant, Michael W. VanWay, was convicted of forgery and found to be a habitual offender. His appeal raises the following issues:

1) effect of alleged discovery violation upon confession admissibility;

2) effect of corpus delicti proof on confession admissibility;

3) admissibility of evidence of prior criminal conduct;

4) chain of custody;

5) in-court identification;

6) refusal of tendered instruction on lesser included offense;

7) sufficiency of habitual offender evidence; and

8) propriety of final argument.

We affirm.

1. Discovery Violation

The defendant first contends that the…