Logsdon v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, James P. Logsdon, was convicted by a jury of robbery, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-5-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.) and sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment. He now presents two issues for review:

1. Whether there is sufficient evidence to support the jury verdict; and

2. Whether the trial court erred in failing to find mitigating circumstances in pronouncing sentence.

The evidence most favorable to the state reveals that in the early morning hours of March 18, 1979, defendant and two girls met the victim at a tavern in New Albany, Indiana. The bar was closed, and…