Legal Opinion
Collins v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided September 12, 2007No. 27A02-0612-CR-1117PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRADFORD, Judge.
Michael D. Collins appeals from his conviction for Murder. 1 Collins claims that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting certain out-of-court statements made to a 911 dispatcher, in admitting his videotaped statement to police, in admitting photographs of his victim’s body, and in declining his request to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter. We affirm.
FACTS
Early in the evening of April 17, 2003, Michael Collins came to the, duplex on Race Street in Marion where his girlfriend Tabitha Weirick lived, looking for her. Collins was irritated at Weirick…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by25 opinions
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