Legal Opinion
Simmons v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 14, 1983No. 4-482A104PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
James C. Simmons, charged with armed robbery and convicted by a jury of the included offense of robbery (IND.CODE 85-42-5-1 (Supp.1981), class C felony), now appeals that conviction on the basis of several issues he perceives to be reversible error. They are not, and we affirm the trial court.
ISSUES
Simmons raises the following for our review:
1. Did the trial court err in admitting into evidence a paring knife seized from Simmons's car, which was not relevant to the issues but rather tended to inflame and prejudice the jury?
2. Did the trial court err in admitting testimony…
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