Riley v. State

The defendant, William Edward Riley, was convicted of two counts of dealing in cocaine, both as class A felonies;1 dealing in a substance represented to be a controlled substance, a class D felony;2 and possession of a narcotic drug, a class D felony;3 and he was found to be a habitual offender.4 The trial court sentenced the defendant to an enhanced sentence of sixty years. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to Indiana Appellate Rule 4(A)(7).

The defendant claims six errors: (1) the trial court’s limitation on the cross-examination of a confidential informant; (2) the trial court’s improper…