Robinson v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Dedra Darleen Robinson, was convicted by a jury of murder, Ind. Code § 35-42-1-1(1) (Burns 1979 Repl.), and was sentenced to a forty-year term of imprisonment. She raises the following three issues in this direct appeal:

1. Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's challenges for cause to two prospective jurors;

2. Whether the trial court erred in admitting defendant's grand jury testimony into evidence; and

8. Whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain the jury's verdict.

A brief summary of the facts from the record most favorable to the state show…