Cohen v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Ralph E. Cohen was convicted of attempted murder, a class A felony, Ind.Code §§ 385-41-5-1, 85-42-1-1 (West 1986), following a jury trial. The trial court sentenced Cohen to forty years in prison.

Cohen raises three issues on direct appeal:

I. Whether the trial court erred by permitting use of Cohen's criminal record to impeach him after the State did not formally disclose the record in pre-trial discovery.

II. Whether the trial court erred by admitting photographs of Cohen's East Chicago Heights police badge and identification card when the State had not…