Legal Opinion

Vega v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided October 17, 1995No. 12A04-9411-CR-465PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-Appellant Anita Vega appeals her conviction of involuntary manslaughter. 1

We affirm.

ISSUES

Vega raises six issues for our review, which we restate as:

1. Whether the trial court erred in denying Vega's motion for mistrial after the State's primary witness disclosed that the witness had taken a polygraph examination.

2. Whether comments made by the trial judge served to deny Vega's right to a fair trial.

3. Whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow testimony by a proposed expert witness.

4. Whether Vega was prejudiced by…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Hall v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Clark v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Marbley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Wissman v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Clark v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Impson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000
  2. Peete v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997
  3. Lytle v. Ford Motor Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. Lawson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. Sloane v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997

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