St. John v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Barry Wayne St. John was tried before a jury and convicted of robbery with a deadly weapon, a class B felony, Ind.Code § 85-42-5-1 (Burns 1986 Repl.). The trial court sentenced him to a term of twenty years imprisonment.

He raises five issues in this direct appeal:

1) Whether a prosecutor's threat to charge a State's witness as a co-conspirator if she did not appear at trial was an "inducement" which due process requires be revealed to the defense;

2) Whether evidence the victim told the prosecutor one testifying co-conspirator had minimized his own involvement…