Keaton v. State

Tommy Keaton, Jr., waived trial by jury. The court convicted him of assault and battery with intent to gratify sexual desires. Keaton appeals this conviction and states that (1) the court erred by admitting testimony of his flight from custody and (2) there was insufficient evidence to support the judgment. We affirm.

It is still the law in Indiana that evidence of flight is admissible as indicative of consciousness of guilt. Layton v. State (1968), 251 Ind. 205, 240 N.E.2d 489; Meredith v. State (1966), 247 Ind. 233, 214 N.E.2d 385; Anderson v. State (1886), 104 Ind. 467, 4 N.E. 63. Keaton…