Goodwin v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant Chad Leroy Goodwin guilty of armed robbery for holding up a Pantry store in Evansville, and the trial court sentenced him to ten years in prison. The Court of Appeals found certain evidence wrongly admitted and reversed. We grant transfer and affirm the trial court.

The State's evidence was considerable. Aside from the store clerk who identified Goodwin as the perpetrator, the State called a number of Goodwin's friends. One of these acquaintances de-seribed Goodwin's announcement that he intended to commit the robbery. In an apparent effort to…