McNary v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Alvin McNary, was found guilty by a jury of robbery resulting in bodily injury, a class A felony. Ind.Code § 35-42-5-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.). He was sentenced to a term of thirty years in the Indiana Department of Corrections. In his direct appeal, he presents the following issues for our review:

1. Whether the trial court erred when it refused to give defendant’s final instruction defining the lesser offenses of robbery, theft, and conversion; and

2. Whether the trial court erred when it refused to give defendant’s final instruction defining the statutory term…