Beech v. State

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Hugh Beech (Beech) appeals from a judgment of conviction for dealing in a sawed-off shotgun, a class A misdemeanor.

We affirm.

On January 25, 1985, the Indianapolis police investigated a disturbance at 400 East 25th Street. The investigating officer found Beech in the company of six other black males. The officer ordered the group to halt. A second officer observed Beech turn away and throw an object three to five feet to his right side. A Moss-berg .410 sawed-off shotgun was found about 1% feet away from Beech in the snow.

Beech was tried by court and…