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HESTER v. STATE

No. 473S70.

315 N.E.2d 351 (1974)

George Paul HESTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

August 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald D. Chiappetta, Muncie, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., John H. Meyers, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was charged with Murder in the First Degree (felony murder), Burns' Ind. Stat. Ann. 10-3401, IC 35-13-4-1, Acts of 1941, ch. 148, § 1. He entered pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, was found guilty as charged and sentenced to life imprisonment. His appeal presents four issues:

(1) Was the defendant entitled, as a matter of right, to a bifurcated trial on the two pleas? (2) Is the...

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