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ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE:

MICHAEL WATSON    GREGORY F. ZOELLER
Indianapolis, Indiana     Attorney General of Indiana

       MONIKA PREKOPA TALBOT
       Deputy Attorney General
       Indianapolis, Indiana
  



IN THE
COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA




MICHAEL WATSON, )
)
Appellant-Defendant, )
)
vs. ) No. 49A02-1206-CR-443  
)
STATE OF INDIANA, )
    )
Appellee-Plaintiff. )




APPEAL FROM THE MARION SUPERIOR COURT  
The Honorable Carol J. Orbison, Judge
Cause No. 49G22-1106-MR-040329  




December 28, 2012

MEMORANDUM DECISION - NOT FOR PUBLICATION

VAIDIK, Judge


Case Summary
  Michael Watson stabbed a man in the heart, was charged with murder and being a habitual offender, and was sentenced to ninety years.  Watson now appeals his conviction and sentence.  He argues that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that it was not to disregard the law for any reason because this language unduly limited the jury

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