Fielden v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Eddie Dean Fielden, was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter, a class B felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-3 (Burns 1979 Repl.) and felony murder, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1(2) (Burns 1979 Repl.), and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of fifty years. His direct appeal raises the following six issues.

1. Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss the death penalty count;

2. Whether the trial court erred in permitting leading questions to be propounded to defendant’s wife on direct examination.

3. Whether the trial court erred in…