Cook v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

After a trial by jury, Danny Cook was convicted of murder, a felony, Ind.Code § 85-42-1-1 (Burns 1985 Repl). He was sentenced to forty years in prison.

Cook raises nine issues on direct appeal:

I. Whether the trial court erred by admitting still photographs of the crime scene;

II. Whether the trial court erred in permitting the State to publish a videotape of the crime scene;

III. Whether mention that a witness had testified before a grand jury should have resulted in a mistrial;

IV. Whether a police officer should have been permitted under the Patterson rule to relate a…