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DENNIS v. STATE

No. 1185S476.

498 N.E.2d 1209 (1986)

Leon DENNIS, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 27, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Ice, Anderson, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Jody Cusson-Cobb, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

DICKSON, Justice.

Leon Dennis, defendant, appeals his conviction of burglary, a class B felony.1 He raises two issues:

1) failure to either declare a mistrial or admonish the jury about a newspaper article; and, 2) sufficiency of evidence.

We affirm.

ISSUE I

On the morning of the first day of evidence at defendant's trial, the local morning newspaper...

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