Reynolds v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

The Defendant (Appellant) was convicted of Murder, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1 (Burns 1979) and sentenced to forty (40) years imprisonment. His direct appeal raises four (4) issues for our review:

1. Whether the trial court committed reversible error when it communicated with a member of the jury during the jury deliberations;

2. Whether the trial court erred when it admitted into evidence ten (10) photographs of the deceased victim over the objection that they were highly inflammatory and served no purpose other than to prejudice the jury;

3. Whether the trial court erred in refusing…