Hunn v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant, Mark Hunn, was convicted in a trial by jury in the Jasper Circuit Court of armed robbery, a class B felony, defined by Ind.Code § 35-42-5-1. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of fifteen years. In this, his direct appeal, appellant contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to convict, and (2) that a jury instruction on evidence of flight was improper.

The statute requires a knowing or intentional state of mind for commission of robbery. Here the prosecution charged that appellant "knowingly" committed the offense. According to Ind.Code § 35-41-2-2 a…