ATKINS v. STATE

No. 71A03-8908-CR-00341.

561 N.E.2d 797 (1990)

Howell ATKINS, Appellant (Defendant below) v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Transfer Denied February 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender, David P. Freund, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Michael Gene Worden, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


STATON, Judge.

Howell Atkins appeals his conviction for Assisting a Criminal,1 for which he was sentenced, as an habitual offender, to a term of 38 years. He presents multiple issues for our review.

I. Was the State's challenge to venireman Copley erroneous? II. Did the State violate Atkins' right to equal protection of the law by exercising a peremptory challenge to a member of Atkins' race? III. Did the trial...

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