McDonald v. State

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Judge.

Mark T. McDonald appeals his conviction of forgery, a class C felony.1 McDonald raises one issue on appeal, which we restate as whether the trial court committed reversible error when it allowed the State to call the trial court’s bailiff as a witness at trial.2 We affirm.

The facts most favorable to the conviction follow. At 1:00 a.m. on August 21, 2000, McDonald arrived at the emergency room at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, Indiana, complaining of an injured ankle. Dr. Max Rudicel examined McDonald and gave him a prescription for Vicodin. Around 3:00 a.m.,…