Coonan v. State

— The defendant, Mark Coonan, was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, Ind. Code § 35-13-4-1 (a) (Burns 1975), and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He now appeals raising the following issues:

1. Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to participate actively in the trial;

2. Whether the trial court erred in overruling defendant’s objections to the testimony of two police officers during which defendant was referred to as a “suspect”;

3. Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion for mistrial as a result of references to a polygraph examination of…