DENTON v. STATE

No. 1185S455.

496 N.E.2d 576 (1986)

Royce Edsel DENTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheila Suess Kennedy, Mears Crawford Kennedy & Eichholtz, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., John D. Shuman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a retrial on the issue of appellant's habitual offender status. In 1981, a jury found appellant guilty of Rape, a Class B felony, and also found him to be an habitual offender. The court imposed a forty-five (45) year sentence. On direct appeal this Court affirmed the conviction. Denton v. State (1983), Ind., 455 N.E.2d 905.

On March 15, 1984, appellant filed a Motion to...

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