Myers v. State

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

DeBRULER, C. J.

The only issue in appellant’s petition for rehearing that was not considered and decided in the original opinion is whether appellant has a right to oral argument *133before this Court. This Court refused appellant’s petition for oral argument. In Robbins v. State (1969), 250 Ind. 219, 16 Ind. Dec. 368, Judge Hunter, speaking for a unanimous Court said:

“While it is true that, when an appeal is afforded to an accused, certain essentials attach to the appellate procedure, it has never been required that one such essential be oral argument. It has been the…