Allen v. State

RATLIFF, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-appellant Samuel D. Allen appeals his conviction and sentencing in the Posey Circuit Court for attempted theft.

We affirm.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

At approximately 12:30 or 12:45 P.M. on October 9, 1978, a man entered a branch of the Cynthiana State Bank at St. Wendel, Indiana. He was wearing bib overalls and a light-colored shirt, with some kind of padding stuffed under his shirt. Ruby Bernice Fleener, cashier and manager of the bank branch, asked whether she could help him. He touched his lips as if to indicate he could not speak and then proceeded…