Thomas v. State

Appellant, Kenneth Thomas, was charged by information with the crimes of: Attempted commission of a felony while armed, to-wit: Robbery, Ind. Code § 35-12-1-1, Burns § 10-4709 (1975), and Inflicting physical injury while attempting to commit a robbery, Ind. Code § 35-13-4-6, Burns § 10-4101 (1975). In a trial by jury, appellant was found guilty of both crimes. He was sentenced to twenty years for the armed robbery and to life for the infliction of injury.

The first of four contentions raised by appellant on appeal is that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the jury’s determination that…