Gibbs v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

Following a trial by jury, the Defendant (Appellant) was convicted of Robbery, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 85-42-5-1 (Burns 1979) and sentenced to forty (40) years imprisonment. His direct appeal presents six (6) issues for review:

1. Whether the trial court erred in denying Defendant's request to question the jurors to determine whether any of them had seen him wearing handcuffs while being transported to the courtroom;

2. Whether the trial court erred when it did not declare a mistrial, sua sponte, upon a juror's discovery of a foreign substance in the lining of a jacket,…