Sheppard v. State

MILLER, Judge.

The defendant-appellant, Steve Sheppard, was arrested for the robbery of a fast food restaurant and incarcerated in the Marion County jail. While in jail, Sheppard had at least two telephone conversations with and wrote one letter to Jean Patton, who was an eyewitness to the robbery and an acquaintance of Sheppard's for about two years. In his communications with Patton, Sheppard denied committing the robbery and told Patton not to pick him out of an impending lineup. Based on one of the telephone conversations with Patton, Sheppard was charged with attempted obstruction of…