Hilliard v. State

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Mitchell Hilliard, Jr. appeals his conviction for dealing in cocaine, a Class B felony.

Hilliard raises two issues for review:(1) whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain Hilliard's conviction; and(2) whether the State committed reversible error in using Hilliard's silence to impeach his trial testimony.

On August 30, 1991, Officers Cunegin and Barkley of the Fort Wayne Police Department were working an undercover narcotics investigation in the 2200 block of Chestnut Street. At approximately 10:00 P.M., the officers spotted Hilliard sitting in front of…