SNIPES v. STATE

No. 274S45.

307 N.E.2d 470 (1974)

Robert S. SNIPES, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

February 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rice & VanStone, William E. Weikert, Evansville, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Robert F. Colker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Justice.

Appellant has petitioned this Court to grant transfer from a decision of the Court of Appeals affirming his conviction of the offense of armed robbery.

The opinion of the Court of Appeals contains the erroneous statement that "robbery is not a `specific intent' crime."

This Court has recently stated that all of the common law malum in se crimes have always included the mens rea as an element. Gregory v. State (1973), Ind...

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