Butler v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit with armed robbery and after a jury trial was found guilty and sentenced to the Indiana State Reformatory for ten years. He appeals from the judgment assigning as error the overruling of his motion for new trial.

Appellant first contends the court erred in overruling his objection to a question and in admitting the answer during the cross-examination of appellant, which was as follows:

“Q. I am going to hand you something you filed in here called a Notice of Alibi. Is that your signature?

“A. Yes, it is.

“Q. And that was prepared by your lawyer, wasn’t it?

“A.…