Indiana Supreme Court December 31, 1996, 45S00-9408-CR-719 (Kent v. State)

BOEHM, Justice.

A jury convicted Christopher Eugene Kent of the murder of three-year-old Joshua Ve-rill. Kent was sentenced to fifty-five years. He presents eight issues for our review which we consolidate and restate as:

I. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in denying Kent’s motions for mistrial based upon several alleged instances of prosecutorial misconduct?

II.