Barber v. State

388 N.E.2d 511 (1979)

Rozelle BARBER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 377S164.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

April 30, 1979.

Cletus H. Brault, Jr., Stankiewicz & Brault, Merrillville, for appellant.

Theo. L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Wesley T. Wilson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Appellant Barber was found guilty of first-degree murder and murder in the perpetration of a robbery at the conclusion of a jury trial in the Lake Superior Court on October 16, 1976. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. The case involves the robbery of Mona's Lounge in Gary, Indiana,…