Barger v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-appellant Billy Barger was found guilty by a jury in the Jennings Circuit Court on February 9, 1983, of the crimes of battery, a class B misdemeanor, confinement, a class D felony, and was further found to be a habitual offender. The trial court subsequently sentenced him to a term of six (6) months on the battery charge, four (4) years on the charge of confinement, and further enhanced that sentence by thirty (80) years on the finding that he was a habitual offender.

The issues raised by the defendant in this direct appeal are:

1) denial of his motion for change of…