Hathcoat v. State

BAREFOOT J.

(dissenting). It is not often that the members of this court are not in entire agreement in their opinion as to the result of cases brought here on appeal. However, I do not find myself in agreement Avith the conclusions reached by my colleagues in the above case. This is a small case and one that would not under1 ordinary circumstances demand the writing of a dissenting opinion, but when I am reminded by the record that the defendant is a young boy only 19 years of age at the time of his trial, and that this decision sends him to a felon’s cell and takes from him not only his…