Rodgers v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction in a trial by jury in the Marion Criminal Court for violation of Ind.Code § 35-12-1-1, com mission of a felony while armed, repealed effective October 1, 1977. Appellant was sentenced to twenty years in prison.

Appellant contends that: (1) the trial court erred in admitting in evidence his oral pre-trial statement because it was obtained in violation of his privilege against self-incrimination; and (2) that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury as to lesser included offenses.

On May 5,1976, in the early evening, the alleged…