Davidson v. State

248 Ind. 26 (1966)

220 N.E.2d 814

DAVIDSON

v.

STATE OF INDIANA.

No. 31,035.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed October 11, 1966.

Rehearing denied December 13, 1966.

William C. Erbecker, of Indianapolis, for appellant.

John J. Dillon, Attorney General, for appellee.

Sewell Richard Davidson was tried, convicted, and sentenced to two to fourteen years in the Indiana State Prison for the crime of sodomy. The Honorable Frederick Rakestraw, Special Judge, in the Hamilton Circuit Court, overruled the motion for new trial on May 24, 1966. The end of the period for timely appeal was therefore August 20, 1966.

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