Carson v. State

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge.

Case Summary

Appellant-Defendant George Allen Carson ("Carson") appeals the trial court's determination that he was guilty but mentally ill for the attempted murder of his wife, Tricia Carson ("Wife"). We affirm. 1

Issues

Carson raises two issues, which we restate as:

I. Whether the trial court's determination that Carson was guilty but mentally ill was contrary to law because the evidence demonstrated that he was insane at the time of the attempted murder; and

II. Whether the Indiana Supreme Court's holding in Barany v. State, 658 N.E.2d 60 (Ind.1995), precluded Carson from…