Hughes v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

On June 11, 1980, Defendants-Appellants Ronald Hughes and Leslie Hughes were found guilty by a jury in the Vigo Circuit Court of burglary, a class B felony. The trial court subsequently sentenced each Appellant to a term of twenty years imprisonment. Appellants now directly appeal and present for our review the following two issues:

1. alleged error of the trial court in reading to the jury the State's Instruction No. 1; and

2. refusal of the trial court to suppress certain oral statements made by Appellant Leslie Hughes to the police.

The facts show that at approximately 11:49…