Indiana Supreme Court July 16, 1986, 584 S 209 (Bell v. State)

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of murder, L.C. § 35-42-1-1. A jury tried the case. Appellant received a sentence of forty years.

Appellant raises four issues on appeal: (1) whether trial court erred in denying his motion for separation of the witnesses pri- or to the selection of the jury; (2) whether trial court erred in denying his motion for continuance due to an