Emmons v. State

SHEPARD, Justice.

Richard S. Emmons appeals from his jury conviction for two class B felonies, attempted robbery, Ind. Code § 85-42-5-1 (Burns 1985) and Ind. Code § 35-41-5-1 (Burns 1985), and criminal confinement, Ind. Code § 85-42-8-8 (Burns 1985). The trial court imposed concurrent terms of imprisonment of fifteen years.

Appellant has raised several issues in this direct appeal, but we find one of those issues to be dispositive and therefore address it alone: defendant argues the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to record voir dire proceedings.

Emmons was originally scheduled to…