Knight v. State

Robertson,

P.J.—The defendant-appellant (Knight) is appealing his conviction by a jury of robbery and assault and battery with the intent to commit a felony. The two issues to be dealt with concern the trial court’s rejection of Knight’s plea of guilty to a lesser included offense, and imposition of an improper sentence upon the offense of which he was convicted.

The facts serving as a basis for Knight’s first issue are as follows: Knight was charged by affidavit with the offenses of inflicting bodily injury in the commission of a robbery, IC 35-13-4-6, Ind. Ann. Stat. § 10-4101 (Burns 1956),…