Downs v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from convictions of murder, 1.0. § 35-42-1-1; and conspiracy to commit murder, a class A felony, I.C. §§ 85-41-5-2 and 85-42-1-1. The case was tried before a jury. Appellant received a sixty year sentence for murder and a fifty year concurrent sentence for conspiracy to commit murder.

Appellant raises four issues on appeal: (1) whether trial court erred in admitting his confession and recorded statement; (2) whether trial court erred in excluding his Exhibit J, a copy of the trial court order for psychiatric examination of him; (8) whether he should be…