Evans v. State

SHEPARD, Justice.

Following a jury trial, appellant Delmon Evans was convicted of felony murder, Ind. Code § 85-42-1-1 (Burns 1985 Repl.) and two counts of robbery, class A felonies, Ind.Code § 35-42-5-1 (Burns 1985 Repl.). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 50 years for felony murder and 80 years for one count of robbery. The remaining robbery count merged with the felony murder charge.

Evans raises five issues in this direct appeal:

1) Sufficiency of the evidence;

2) Whether the indictment was defective;

3) Whether the prosecutor committed misconduct during final arguments by referring to…