Johnston v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Paris Gay Johnston was found guilty by a jury in Hamilton Superior Court I of the crime of Dealing in a Narcotic Drug, a class A felony. The trial court sentenced Johnston to a term of forty (40) years.

Five issues are presented for our review in this direct appeal as follows:

1. trial court error in admitting into evidence portions of an absent witness' deposition; .

2. trial court error in finding a State's witness competent to testify;

8. trial court error in denying Johnston's request to admit into evidence other portions of an absent witness' testimony;

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