Mitchell v. State

*500SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

James Daniel Mitchell appeals his convietion after a jury trial for the murder of James Thomas. Ind.Code § 85-42-1-1(1) (Burns 1985 Repl). The trial court sentenced him to 40 years in prison. We affirm,

Mitchell raises seven issues in this direct appeal:

I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by requiring continued deliberations after the jury twice informed the court it was "deadlocked";

II. Whether delivering exhibits to the jury after twice declining to do so was error;

III. Whether it was error to withhold from this delivery four exhibits not admissible for…