Roberts v. State

SHEPARD, Justice.

Bruce A. Roberts was found guilty by a jury and convicted of attempted murder, a class A felony, Ind.Code §§ 35-42-1-1 and 35-41-5-1 (Burns 1985 Repl.), and battery, a class A misdemeanor, Ind.Code § 85-42-2-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.) He received concurrent sentences of forty years and one year.

In this direct appeal, Roberts presents three issues:

1. May a judge rule on a motion to correct errors when the trial was conducted by his predecessor?

2. Does entering judgment on a verdict on which the foreman signed the "not guilty" section of the verdiet form and then crossed it out…