McVea v. State

Case Summary

Buchanan, P.J.

Petitioner-appellant Edgar McVea (Mc-Vea) appeals from denial of his Petition For Post-Conviction Relief in which he sought to modify his indeterminate sentence of from ten to twenty years for the crime of Robbery to a determinate sentence of ten years.

We affirm.

FACTS

McVea was charged by Affidavit on April 20, 1967, with the crime of Robbery of a Kroger supermarket in the City of Indianapolis. The case was tried before a jury in the Marion Criminal Court, Division One, and McVea was found guilty as charged on December 19, 1967. On December 28, 1967, the court…