McFarland v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Pamela K. McFarland, was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder, Ind.Code 35-1-54-1 (Burns 1975), and sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of fifteen to twenty-five years in the Indiana Women’s Prison. She now appeals raising the following issues:

1. Whether the trial court erred in interrogating two jurors outside the presence of defendant concerning defendant’s motion to excuse the jurors for cause and in denying defendant’s motion for mistrial;

2. Whether the trial court erred in allowing the state to introduce improper character evidence on rebuttal;

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