Whitehead v. Indiana

PIYARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant, Ronald K. Whitehead, was convicted by a LaGrange County jury of the crime of murder. The trial court sentenced him to fifty-four (54) years. In this direct appeal, Appellant raises the following issues for our review:

1. error in waiving Appellant to adult criminal court;

2. error in selecting counties for a change of venue which were subject to the same pre-trial publicity as the county this cause was venued from;

3. error in allowing a second trial after the first ended in a mistrial;

4. error in imposing time limitations on voir dire and final argument;

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