Beasley v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted of Robbery, a Class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-5-1 (Burns 1979) and sentenced to fifty (50) years imprisonment. This direct appeal presents the following issues:(1) Whether there is evidence from which the jury could have found that Defendant took the victim’s eyeglasses as charged in the information.(2) Whether the trial court erred in refusing Defendant’s tendered instructions upon lesser included offenses in light of the State’s evidence and his alibi defense.(3) Whether the trial court’s failure to give an adequate statement of…