ARMSTRONG v. STATE

No. 571S139.

281 N.E.2d 808 (1972)

Howard ARMSTRONG, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. McNamar, Steers, Klee, Sullivan & LeMay, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., David H. Kreider, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.


DeBRULER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for second degree murder in a trial with jury in the Marion Criminal Court, Division Two. Appellant was sentenced to fifteen to twenty-five years in prison.

Appellant's sole allegation of error is that the trial court erred in not ordering a psychiatric examination of Ruby Armstrong, the appellee's chief witness, to determine her competency to be a witness, in accordance with I.C. 1971, 34-1-14-5, being...

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