Malone v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Lavelle Malone was convicted of murder, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1, and carrying a handgun without a license, a class C felony, Ind.Code § 35-47-2-1. He was also found to be a habitual offender, Ind.Code § 35-50-2-8. The trial court imposed the presumptive sentence for murder, fifty-five years, and added thirty years for the habitual offender finding. It imposed a concurrent eight-year sentence for the handgun.

Malone’s counsel, David M. Henn, has prepared an excellent brief on his behalf in which he raises five issues:

1. Whether the foundation was adequate to admit…