Salahuddin v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Omar Salahuddin was convicted at the conclusion of a jury trial in the Marion Superior Court of attempted rape, a class B felony. He was further adjudged an habitual offender, and his sentence of twenty (20) years was enhanced by an additional thirty (80) years. On direct appeal he raises the following issues:

1. admission of certain evidence;

2. instructing of the jury;

8. sufficiency of the evidence; and

4. propriety of the habitual offender charge.

LJ., the fifteen year old victim, was babysitting at the apartment of Marilynn Turner. Appellant knocked on…