Baxle v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant John C. Baxle, a/k/a John C. Bailey was tried and found guilty, but mentally ill, on two counts of Attempted Murder by a jury in Allen Superior Court. The Honorable Alfred W. Moellering sentenced Defendant to a term of thirty (80) years for each conviction, said terms to be served concurrently in the Indiana Department of Corrections.

Appellant now directly appeals his conviction and raises the following three issues:

1. the trial court erred by admitting testimony of a general practitioner of medicine on the issue of Defendant's insanity;

2. the trial court…