Avant v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Charles Avant was convicted by a jury of burglary, a class C felony, and theft, a class D felony. Ind.Code §§ 35-43-2-1, 35-43-4-2 (Burns 1985 Repl.). The trial court sentenced him to eight years for the burglary conviction and four years for theft. The jury also found that Avant was an habitual offender, and the court enhanced the burglary sentence by 30 years.

Avant raises four issues on direct appeal:

I. Whether evidence was unlawfully seized and therefore inadmissible;

II. Whether the State established the voluntariness of Avant’s confession to render it…