Blanton v. State

Appellant was tried by jury and found guilty of the crime of robbery while armed. He was sentenced to a term of twenty years in the Indiana State Prison. He appeals, assigning as error the overruling of his motion for new trial.

On April 21, 1952, an affidavit in one count was filed against appellant charging him with the crime of robbery. On April 26 he entered a plea of not guilty. On May 3rd the state filed a second count charging robbery while armed. The trial was begun on October 15, 1952. Each count of the affidavit charges the same identical robbery, the only difference being that count…