Edward Lee Jackson v. State of Indiana

OPINION

MATHIAS, Judge.

Edward Lee Jackson (“Jackson”) was convicted in Vanderburgh Circuit Court of murder and attempted murder. Jackson appeals and presents two issues, which we restate as:

I. Whether the trial court’s admission of an autopsy photograph of the victim’s heart was unfairly prejudicial; and

II. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by failing to consider Jackson’s willingness to plead guilty to a habitual offender enhancement as a mitigating factor.

We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

Jackson and Rosalie Clark Myers (“Rosalie”) had an “off and on” relationship for “eight…