Miller v. State

SHEPARD, Justice.

Appellant Odie Miller was convicted of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon, a class B felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-5-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.) The trial court imposed a prison term of thirteen years.

Appellant raises three issues in this direct appeal:(1) Whether evidence of a third party's extrajudicial statement identifying the perpetrator by name constituted inadmissible hearsay;(2) Whether evidence identifing him as the perpetrator is sufficient, and(8) Whether a serewdriver constitutes a "deadly weapon" for purposes of the robbery statute.

These are the facts which tend to…