Doerner v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of murder, I.C. § 35-42-1-1. A jury tried the case. Appellant Doerner received a sentence of sixty years.

Appellant raises seven issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence his inculpatory written and taped statements and his signed Miranda waiver form; (2) whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence an allegedly inflammatory and prejudicial photograph of the victim; (8) whether the trial court erred in sustaining an objection on hearsay grounds to a question posed to witness Frields;…