Dalton v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from conviction by a jury of one count of criminal confinement, for which appellant received a sentence of twenty (20) years.

Appellant raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for mistrial; and (2) whether the trial court erred in giving State’s tendered Instruction Number 3 over his objection.

These are the facts from the record which tend to support the determination of guilt. On September 12, 1984, two Lawrence County police officers responded to a call regarding a suspicious vehicle at a vacant…