Williams v. State

431 N.E.2d 793 (1982)

Robert Earl WILLIAMS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 381 S 77.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 3, 1982.

Rebecca Balanoff, Hammond, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Carolyn M. Brawner, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of Robbery and declared to be an habitual criminal. He was sentenced for ten (10) years on the robbery charge and after a bifurcated hearing was declared an habitual criminal and his sentence was increased to thirty (30) years.

The record shows the following facts. At…