Denton v. State

246 Ind. 155 (1965)

203 N.E.2d 539

DENTON

v.

STATE OF INDIANA.

No. 30,379.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed January 14, 1965.

James M. Secrest and Palmer K. Ward, both of Indianapolis, for appellant.

Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, and Edgar S. Husted, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.

LANDIS, J.

Appellant was convicted, after a jury trial, of the commission of a crime (robbery) while armed with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the Indiana State Prison. This appeal followed the overruling of the motion for new trial.

Appellant has first contended the trial court…