Beauchamp v. State

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

This case might very well be illustrative of the old maxim, "penny wise and pound foolish," 1 with regard to whether an indigent defendant should be afforded public funds with which to retain an expert witness. - Appellant-defendant John Beau champ appeals his conviction for Battery Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury, 2 a class B felony, challenging the denial of his access to medical experts and the trial court's determination that several witnesses called by the State could testify. Beauchamp also urges that certain evidence was improperly admitted because the State had…