Donald Newland, Jr. v. State of Indiana

Riley, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

[1] Appellant-Defendant, Donald Newland, Jr. (Newland), appeals his conviction for burglary, a Level 5 felony, Ind. Code § 35-43-2-1 .

[2] We affirm.

ISSUE

[3] Newland presents this court with one issue on appeal, which we restate as: Whether the trial court abused its discretion by preventing Newland from cross-examining a witness on the specific facts and circumstances surrounding the witness' prior conviction.

*930 FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

[4] On May 31, 2016, John Hensley (Hensley), the owner of the Blarney Stone Bar, in South Bend, Indiana, noted a suspicious…