GOODMAN v. STATE

No. 882S302.

453 N.E.2d 984 (1983)

William Mark GOODMAN, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Bravard, Jr., Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Amy Schaeffer Good, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted after a bench trial of Murder, a class A felony, Ind. Code § 35-42-1-1(1) (Burns 1979), and sentenced to forty (40) years imprisonment.

This direct appeal presents two issues for review:

1. Whether the trial court erred in failing to hold a third competency hearing prior to Defendant's trial.

2. Whether Defendant's confession was voluntarily given.

The record disclosed that...

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