Jordan v. State

432 N.E.2d 9 (1982)

Luvern JORDAN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 382 S 87.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 9, 1982.

William D. McCarty, Anderson, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Janis L. Summers, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

PIVARNIK, Justice.

This cause comes to us on a petition to transfer by the Attorney General of Indiana from the Court of Appeals, Fourth District. Defendant-appellant Luvern Jordan was convicted of robbery, Ind. Code (1979 Repl.) § 35-42-5-1, in a bench trial on May 23, 1980 and was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of ten (10)…