Fluty v. State

Appellant, with another, was charged and tried in the Vanderburgh Circuit Court, with the crime of robbery and of inflicting a physical injury with a “blunt instrument” while robbing one McDowell. He was tried by the court on September 14, 1945, found guilty of robbery as charged in the affidavit, and sentenced as provided by law, § 10-4101, Burns’ 1942 Replacement, from which no appeal has been taken. After proper showing by the defendant, the court appointed him an attorney at public expense, who in the record is designated “public defender,” to present his defense and this attorney served…