Ortiz v. State

Appellants, Hector Ortiz and Bruce Tyrone Williams, were convicted of first degree murder, Ind. Code § 35-13-4-1 (a) (Burns 1975), and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, we consider the following contentions of appellants:(1) that a statement by Williams should have been suppressed ;(2) that Ortiz was entitled to have his trial severed from Williams’ trial;(3) that the trial court erred in re-reading Williams’ statement to the jury during deliberation;(4) that a remark made by the prosecutor in closing argument was improper and entitled appellants to a mistrial;(5) that the trial…