Hopkins v. State

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Statement on the Appeal

Staton, J.

Cornell Lee Hopkins had made an extrajudicial confession of first degree burglary to the police. He entered his plea of not guilty to the first degree burglary affidavit which was filed later. At the court trial, his extrajudicial confession was admitted into evidence. When the State rested, Cornell Lee Hopkins moved for a discharge. This motion was denied by the trial court. The trial court sentenced Cornell Lee Hopkins to the Indiana Department of Corrections for a period of not less than ten (10) years nor more than twenty (20) years. Two issues are…