Pearson v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Mark Pearson, was convicted by a jury of rape, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-4-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.), burglary, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-43-2-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.), and battery, a class C felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-2-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.). He was sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment of thirty years on each of the class A felonies and to a concurrent term of five years on the class C felony. He has raised eleven issues in his direct appeal which we have consolidated into the following eight issues:

1. Whether the trial court erred in denying…