McCOY v. State

Appellants were charged by separate affidavits with the crimes of entering to commit a felony under Acts 1941, ch. 148, §5, p. 447, being §10-704, Burns’ 1956 Replacement, and automobile banditry under Acts 1929, ch. 54, §3, p. 136, being §10-4710, Burns’ 1956 Replacement.

The causes were consolidated for trial and the jury found the appellants guilty of auto banditry, and they were sentenced to the Indiana Reformatory for a determinate period of ten years. A fourth person was tried with appellants and likewise found guilty. However, a mistrial was declared as to him when it was discovered…