Haviland v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant Donald J. Haviland guilty of murder, a felony, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-42-1-1 (West Supp.1996). The trial court sentenced him to sixty years in prison. In this direct appeal, Haviland raises the following issues:

1.Whether the trial court should have suppressed his confession, in particular, whether Haviland’s statement, “I’m through with this,” constituted an invocation of his right to remain silent;

2. Whether the court erred by not ordering an additional competency hearing during trial and by not finding Havi-land incompetent;

3. Whether there was…