Dickenson v. State

OPINION

KIRSCH, Chief Judge.

James C. Dickenson ("Dickenson") appeals both his conviction for conspiracy to commit murder, 1 a Class A felony, and his fifty-year sentence. On appeal he raises the following issues:

I. Whether it was fundamental error to instruct the jury on conspiracy to commit murder without also including an instruction on the elements of murder.

II. Whether defects in the charging information, which omitted the specific overt acts of the conspiracy, constituted fundamental error.

III. Whether the trial court's response to jury questions constituted fundamental error.

IV. Whether…