Carter v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Earl G. Carter was found guilty by a jury in the Hamilton Superior Court of confinement, a class B felony, rape, a class A felony, and criminal deviate conduct, a class A felony. He subsequently was sentenced by the trial judge to prison terms of fifteen years for confinement, forty years for rape and forty years for criminal deviate conduct. Appellant now directly appeals and raises the following eight issues for our consideration:

1. whether the trial court erred by denying Appellant's motions for change of venue and change of judge;

2. whether the trial…