Patel v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

On April 21, 1986, a jury, in Vigo Superi- or Court Division I, found Defendant-Appellant Cassandra Patel guilty of murder, and subsequently the trial court sentenced her to a term of forty (40) years.

Specifications of error presented for our consideration in this direct appeal have been consolidated into five, as follows:

1.- refusing Patel’s tendered instructions;

2. admitting certain exhibits into evidence;

3. admitting evidence in violation of discovery rules;

4. admitting Patel’s confession; and

5. denying Patel’s motion for judgment on the evidence.

The facts indicate that…