Hall v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Merle Lee Hall, was convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-4 (Burns 1979 Repl.) and being an habitual offender, Ind. Code § 35-50-2-8 (Burns 1979 Repl.). He was sentenced to eight and thirty years respectively and now appeals raising the following issues:

1. Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion for change of venue from the county;

2. Whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence certain exhibits which were color slide photographs showing the body of the deceased;

3. Whether the trial court erred in…