Thomas v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Steven Ross Thomas was convicted by jury of Voluntary Manslaughter, a class B felony. On February 25, 1985, he was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for a period of sixteen (16) years. He now directly appeals and raises the following issues for our review:

1. error of the trial court in denying Appellant's Motion for Mistrial;

2. error of the trial court in giving, over objection, final instructions 14 and 15;

8. sufficiency of the evidence;

4. error by the trial court in its imposition of sentence.

The facts supporting the trial court's judgment show…