Washington v. State

456 N.E.2d 382 (1983)

Darnell D. WASHINGTON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 682S235.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

November 28, 1983.

Hugh G. Baker, Jr., Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen. of Ind., Gordon R. Medlicott, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by the court of Robbery, a Class A felony and sentenced to thirty (30) years imprisonment. At the time of his arrest, appellant was seventeen years old.

The facts are these. Mrs. McCoy, the victim, was walking across the running track and football field of a high…