Quillen v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted, in a second trial of armed robbery, Ind.Code § 35-12-1-1 (Burns 1975), following a jury trial, a former trial having resulted in a mis-trial because the jury had been unable to agree upon a verdict.

He was sentenced to thirteen (13) years imprisonment.

By this direct appeal, Defendant has urged three issues, two of which are essentially the same and challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. One of such issues challenges the propriety of allowing an amendment to be made to the charging affidavit, after the close of the State’s case, and it…