Seward v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

On September 21, 1981, Defendant-Appellant Thaddaeus H. Seward was found guilty by a jury in the Marion Superior Court, Criminal Division Room 3, of burglary and theft. The jury further found Appellant to be a habitual criminal. Appellant subsequently was sentenced by the trial judge to a composite term of thirty-five years imprisonment. Appellant now directly appeals and raises the following four issues for our review:

1. whether there was sufficient evidence from which the jury could properly find Appellant to be a habitual criminal;

2. whether the trial court erred by…