Woodard v. State

The defendant, Donald Eugene Woodard, was charged by way of information with armed robbery. His case was tried before a jury which found him guilty and fixed his punishment of imprisonment at 18 years. The defendant’s motion to correct errors was overruled, from which he appeals, raising the following issues:

1. Whether it was error for the prosecution to introduce evidence of another crime in its opening statement and its case-in-chief;

2. Whether there was prosecutorial misconduct during final argument;

3. Whether it was error for the trial court to refuse defendant’s instructions on…