Jackson v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted in a jury trial of Murder in the Perpetration of a Robbery, Ind. Code § 35-13-4-1 (Burns 1975) and sentenced to life imprisonment. His direct appeal presents the following issues for our determination:(1) Whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the confession of the defendant.(2) Whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a transcript and demonstration of the defendant’s confession rather than a video-tape of it.(3) Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction.(4)Whether the trial court erred…