Blinn v. State

SULLIVAN, Judge.

After trial by jury, Jean Blinn was convicted of criminal recklessness, a class D felony, I.C. 35-42-2-2 (Burns Code Ed. Repl.1985). Upon appeal Blinn contends that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence an audio tape-recording of a telephone conversation between Blinn’s doctor and one of the arresting officers.

We affirm.

Blinn telephoned the County Sheriff’s Office on the morning of April 7, 1983. Blinn was agitated because his wife had left and he wanted a deputy to bring his wife home. However, Blinn instructed the deputies not to come onto his property.

A deputy…