Martin v. State

This case was originally filed in the Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District, but was transferred to this Court by order of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the reason that the trial court had held that the *445Act which provides for the election for. treatment as a drug abuser, IC 16-13-7.5-18 (Burns 1973),* is unconstitutional.

Appellant was originally charged with the crime of robbery. Subsequently, appellant entered a plea of guilty to the lesser included offense of theft in the sum of less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Upon his plea, appellant was sentenced to serve not…