Gentry v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from convictions of rape, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 85-42-4-1, and burglary, a class B felony, Ind.Code § 85-48-2-1. Appellant filed a notice of defense of insanity. The case was tried by the court. The finding was guilty but mentally ill. Appellant was sentenced to a term of thirty years for rape and ten years, to run concurrently, for burglary.

Appellant raises seven issues on appeal: (1) whether it was error to allow the victim's in court identification of appellant; (2) whether appellant's first statement to the police was the result of an…