Scruggs v. State

SHIELDS, Judge.

Maurice Evan Scruggs attempts to appeal his conviction for burglary, a class B felony. However, he candidly and accurately advises this court of an impediment to his appeal-the lack of an appealable judgment.

The record reveals that Sceruggs's sentencing was conducted by a person other than a duly qualified judge of the Marion Superior Court, and yet fails to contain any authority for this person to act as a judicial officer. The authority upon which Senior Judge Buchanan relies is not such authority. The record in this cause contains only the Chronological Case Summary (CCS).…