Priest v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Darryl Priest was found guilty of the crime of inflicting an injury in the commission of a robbery, Ind.Code § 35-13-4—6 (Burns 1972), by a jury in the Lake County Superior Court, Criminal Division, and was sentenced to prison for life. Appellant contends (1) that the evidence of his guilt was insufficient, and (2) that the trial court committed error in giving a final instruction concerning the failure of the accused to testify.

I

The statute pursuant to which appellant was charged provides in relevant part as follows:

“Whoever takes from the person of another any article of…