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Pursuant to Ind.Appellate Rule 65(D), this Memorandum Decision shall not be regarded as precedent or cited before any court except for the purpose of establishing the defense of res judicata, collateral estoppel, or the law of the case. ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: ERIN L. BERGER Evansville, Indiana ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: GREGORY F. ZOELLER Attorney General of Indiana MICHAEL GENE WORDEN Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana

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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
SASSY BELLE SUNDERMAN, Appellant-Defendant, vs. STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee-Plaintiff. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Dec 30 2011, 9:17 am

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No. 82A01-1105-CR-232

APPEAL FROM THE VANDERBURGH CIRCUIT COURT The Honorable Carl A. Heldt, Judge The Honorable Kelli E. Fink, Magistrate Cause No. 82C01-1101-FB-99

December 30, 2011

MEMORANDUM DECISION - NOT FOR PUBLICATION

BROWN, Judge

Sassy Belle Sunderman appeals her conviction for dealing in methamphetamine as a class B felony.1 Sunderman appears to raise two issues which we revise and restate as: I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion by admitting certain evidence; and Whether the trial court properly denied Sunderman's motion for judgment on the evidence.

II. We affirm.2

The relevant facts follow. On January 21, 2011, David Eads, an Interdiction Unit Supervisor assigned to the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Drug Task Force, arrived at the scene of an explosion and fire at an apartment and observed "lots of firemen around and several other policemen, and basically firemen engaged in fire suppression clean up in the fire they were fighting at that location." Transcript at 159. Eads eventually entered the apartment and observed that the apartment was "pretty much completely burned out, gutted one bedroom apartment with lots of fire damage, holes in the walls. Charred, melted personal items throughout." Id. at 160. In the bathroom, Eads discovered "holes in the ceiling, piping on the vanity," a "shattered toilet," a "Coleman Fuel can," which has a "heavy smell," Liquid Fire bottle," "melted aquarium airline tubing, some coffee filters," and a roll of duct tape. Id. at 160, 182. The Coleman Fuel, Liquid Fire, tubing, and coffee filters are commonly used in manufacturing methamphetamine. determined that Sunderman was the tenant of the apartment. Eads

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