Hurt v. State

KRAHULIK, Justice.

Following a jury trial in the Vander-burgh Circuit Court, Defendant-Appellant Robert A. Hurt a/k/a Robert A. Miller (Hurt) was convicted of the crimes of Attempted Murder, for which he received a sentence of imprisonment for forty (40) years, and Attempted Rape, for which he received a term of twenty (20) years, said sentences to be served consecutively.

Issues presented for our review in this direct appeal have been consolidated as follows:

1. error in the giving of final instructions;

2. admission of Hurt’s statements into evidence without first proving a corpus delicti; and

3.…