Buza v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Co-defendants Mark Adkins and Gary Buza were tried jointly on respective charges of Burglary, a Class B felony. Both men were convicted and sentenced to seventeen (17) years in prison. Adkins and Buza, in their direct appeal to this court, raise several issues which we consolidate and restate as follows:

1. trial court error in denying certain tendered instructions;

2. error in sentencing Adkins;

3. error in failing to discharge Adkins pursuant to his speedy trial motion;

4. error in allowing a witness to identify Buza in-court;

5. error in admitting a pair of gold hoop earrings…