Stevenson v. State

The defendant, Sim Stevenson, was found guilty in a trial without jury of first degree burglary and was sentenced under “the minor’s statute” 1 to a term of not less than one nor more than ten years. Although his belated motion to correct errors raises four issues, we find it necessary to discuss only the issue of whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow the defendant to withdraw his waiver of a jury trial, since it is on that issue that we reverse.

The defendant was arraigned on April 3, 1973, at which time the following entries were made:

“And afterwards towit…