Gregory v. State

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

On August 6, 1979, a jury found appellant, Lonnie Gregory, guilty of theft, a class D felony. In the second portion of the bifurcated proceedings, the jury found that the enhanced punishment provisions of the Indiana Habitual Criminal Statute, IC Sec. 35-50-2-8 [Burns Supp.1978] applied to Gregory.

Appellant claims the trial court erred by “compelling defendant to stand trial in jail attire over his objection.” Appellant relies primarily on Smith v. State, (1979) Ind., 396 N.E.2d 898 and Estelle v. Williams, (1976) 425 U.S. 501, 96 S.Ct. 1691, 48 L.Ed.2d 126. We find the…