Dennis v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

Leon Dennis appeals his conviction of two counts of burglary as class B felonies.1 Defendant challenges the sufficiency of evidence and argues that the trial court erred by failing to declare a mistrial or to properly admonish the jury after a newspaper article, published during trial, discussed his criminal history.

ISSUE I

Defendant contends that his conviction improperly rested upon the self-serving and uncorroborated testimony of two prosecution witnesses who provided testimony linking defendant as an accomplice to a series of burglaries. The evidence. established that…