Sills v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Shawn Lynn Sills, was convicted of murder, Ind.Code § 85-42-1-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.) The defendant was sentenced to a term of forty years, with twenty years added for aggravating circumstances. The defendant raises the following eight issues in this direct appeal:

1. Whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to suppress his confession and by allowing the introduction into evidence of a tape recording of the confession;

2. Whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his plea of not guilty and by denying…