Campbell v. State

SHEPARD, Justice.

Appellant Carl Campbell was convicted after a jury trial of murder, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1 (Burns 1985 Repl.), robbery, a Class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-5-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.), and confinement, a Class B felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-8-3 (Burns 1979 Repl). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 830 years for murder, 20 years for robbery and 10 years for confinement.

In this direct appeal, Campbell raises five issues:

1) Sufficiency of the evidence;

2) Whether the trial court properly admitted the defendant's confessions in light of Campbell's claims that the…