Chupp v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant John Christopher Chupp was convicted of burglary, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-43-2-1 (Burns 1985 Repl.) robbery, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-5-1 (Burns 1985 Repl.) and confinement, a class B felony, Ind.Code § 35-42, 3-3 (Burns 1985 Repl.) The trial court sentenced Chupp to seventy years, concurrent fifty-year sentences for each class A felony followed by twenty years for the class B felony.

On direct appeal Chupp raises six issues.

1) Whether the trial court erred in denying a motion for a new trial when a witness later recanted his testimony;

2)…