Smith v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Carol J. Smith, was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to commit murder, Ind.Code § 85-41-5-2 (Burns 1979 Repl.) and murder, Ind.Code § 85-42-11 (Burns 1979 Repl). She was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction for two consecutive terms of forty years and raises the following eight issues in this direct appeal.

1. Whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain the convictions;

2. Whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant defendant a new trial on the basis of the allegedly perjured testimony of a state's witness;

3. Whether a new trial is…