Fisher v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction of voluntary manslaughter (I.C. 1971, 35-13-4-2, being Burns § 10-3405) at a trial by jury in the Shelby County Superior Court, Judge George Tolen, presiding. Appellant was sentenced to from two to twenty-one years in prison. He bases his appeal on the following grounds: (1) The evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict of the jury; (2) The trial court should have declared a mistrial because of certain newspaper stories concerning the trial; (3) Photographs of appellant’s truck admitted at trial was evidence seized in violation of the Fourth…