FENTRESS v. STATE

No. 82S00-9712-CR-693.

702 N.E.2d 721 (1998)

Ricky Ricardo FENTRESS, Appellant (Defendant Below ), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff Below ).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Kiely, Evansville, John D. Clouse, John P. Brinson, Evansville, for appellant.

Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General, James A. Garrard, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for appellee.


BOEHM, Justice.

A jury convicted Ricky Ricardo Fentress of murder and Fentress also pleaded guilty to an habitual offender charge. The trial court sentenced Fentress to seventy years in prison. In this direct appeal Fentress raises only one issue: did the trial court err by admitting into evidence two photographs taken by a pathologist during the autopsy of the victim?1

Factual and Procedural Background

On April 10, 1997...

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