THOMPSON v. STATE

No. 49S00-0012-CR-786.

765 N.E.2d 1273 (2002)

Vanessa K. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

April 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt A. Young, Nashville, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Cecelia K. Hemphill, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.


DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant, Vanessa K. Thompson, was convicted of murder2 for the 1998 killing of sixteen-year-old Shanna Sheese.3 In this appeal, she challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court's denial of her request for an in camera review of the mental health records of one of the State's witnesses. We affirm.

The defendant admits that viewed in the abstract, the evidence...

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