SCRUGGS v. STATE

No. 49A02-9204-CR-192.

609 N.E.2d 1148 (1993)

Maurice Evan SCRUGGS, Appellant-Defendant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District.

March 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Gilroy, Indianapolis, for appellant-defendant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Geoff Davis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee-plaintiff.


SHIELDS, Judge.

Maurice Evan Scruggs attempts to appeal his conviction for burglary, a class B felony. However, he candidly and accurately advises this court of an impediment to his appeal — the lack of an appealable judgment.

The record reveals that Scruggs's sentencing was conducted by a person other than a duly qualified judge of the Marion Superior Court, and yet fails to contain any authority for this person to act as a judicial officer. The authority...

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