Shaheen Zamani v. State of Indiana

BROWN, Judge.

[1] Shaheen Zamani appeals his conviction for attempted murder and raises two issues, which we revise and restate as:

I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying his belated request to assert an insanity defense; and

II. Whether the prosecutor committed misconduct during closing argument which resulted in fundamental error.

We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

' [2] In November 2010, James Scurlock began dating Margarita Aguirre, who was Zamani’s mother, and in January 2011, Aguirre moved into Scurlock’s residence in Plainfield, Indiana. Zamani lived in an apartment…