Johnson v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

On November 30, 1981, after being waived into adult court from Vigo County Juvenile Court, Norman Johnson was charged with robbery, a class C felony. He was found guilty by jury on February 25, 1982 and sentenced to 38 years imprisonment. Johnson directly appeals, challenging solely the admissibility of his written statement. The issue is whether Johnson’s statement was voluntarily given in light of his assertion that he was promised his mother would be released from jail in exchange for his cooperation.

The facts are as follows. On October 31, 1981, Johnson and Sean McKay…