State v. Buza

Robertson, C.J.-

This is an appeal by the State from an acquittal of defendant-appellee, Buza, on charges of first degree burglary.

We are asked to determine whether the trial court erred in granting Buza’s motion to strike the State’s second amended list of witnesses and in excluding from evidence State’s exhibits offered under the business records exception to the hearsay rule.

We find no error and deny the appeal.

The facts relevant to this appeal are as follows:

Buza escaped from the Indiana Boys School on October 15, 1973 along with seven other students. He was apprehended the next morning…