Meeker v. State

LOWDERMILK, Presiding Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Defendant-appellant Everett Meeker was convicted in the Vigo County Court on two counts of battery and one count of resisting law enforcement. He brings this appeal asserting (1) an erroneous admission of evidence of prior convictions, and (2) a failure to provide a hearing on the issue of indigen-cy, pursuant to IC 1971, 35-1-44-8 (Burns Code Ed., Repl.1979).

FACTS

On the night of November 28, 1977 Officer Perrelle saw Meeker operating a motor vehicle. Due to previous encounters with Meeker, the patrolman believed him to be driving with a…