Augustine v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Richard Augustine was found guilty by a jury in the Lake Superior Court of murder. He subsequently was sentenced by the trial judge to a term of thirty years imprisonment. He now directly appeals and raises the following five issues:

1. denial of Appellant’s Motion for a New Trial based on newly discovered evidence;

2. sufficiency of the evidence;

3. alleged error in the trial court’s refusal to give certain tendered final instructions;

4. ruling of the trial judge that certain testimony was inadmissible; and

5. alleged ineffective assistance of counsel during…