Coleman v. State

653 N.E.2d 481 (1995)

Willie COLEMAN, Jr., Appellant (Defendant below),

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

No. 18S02-9507-CR-872.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 21, 1995.

Kelly N. Bryan, Muncie, for appellant.

Pamela Carter, Atty. Gen., Julie Zandstra Frazee, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant Willie Coleman, Jr. guilty of robbery, a class B felony, Ind. Code Ann. § 35-42-5-1 (West Supp. 1986), and the trial court sentenced him to twelve years in prison. The Court of Appeals reversed. Coleman v. State (1994), Ind. App., 640 N.E.2d…