Hunter v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Steve Hunter was convicted at the conclusion of a jury trial in the Marion Superior Court of five (5) counts of robbery, class B felonies, and one count of confinement, a class B felony. The trial court sentenced him to six (6) consecutive sentences of twenty (20) years each, for a total sentence of 120 years. The following issues are raised for our consideration on direct appeal:

1. whether the trial court erred in refusing Appellant's Tendered Instruction No. 1;

2. whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence of certain witnesses' prior eriminal…