Moody v. State

GIVAN, Chief Judge.

Appellant was charged with Infliction of Injury While Attempting to Commit Robbery. He was tried before a jury and found guilty. He was sentenced to a forty year term of imprisonment.

The facts are as follows. On December 26, 1981, at around 5:00 P.M. appellant entered Mac's Furniture Store in Muncie. He was waited on by the store's owner, Howard McCormick, and inquired about the purchase of some bedroom furniture. The two discussed the prospective purchase for a few minutes At the conclusion of this discussion McCormick and appellant were walking back to the front of the…