Beard v. State

448 N.E.2d 1078 (1983)

Gary BEARD, Appellant (Defendant below),

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

No. 282S47.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 23, 1983.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1983.

James G. McDonald, Jr., Princeton, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Richard Albert Alford, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted of Attempted Burglary, Ind. Code § 35-41-5-1; § 35-43-2-1 (Burns 1979), and sentenced to twenty (20) years imprisonment. This direct appeal presents the following issues:(1) Whether it was fundamental error…