Dixon v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-appellant Robert Lee Dixon was tried by jury in the Marion Superior Court and found guilty of theft, a class D felony, and was also found by the jury to be an habitual criminal. The court sentenced the defendant to four (4) years for the theft conviction to which was added an additional thirty (30) years for the finding of habitual criminal.

Appellant raises eleven issues for our consideration in this direct appeal, as follows: 1) the constitutionality of the habitual criminal statute; 2) error of the trial court in denying defendant’s motion to represent himself;…