Jackson v. State

Appellant/defendant Lewis Jackson, Jr. was found guilty of attempted robbery with a firearm and aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony, to wit: robbery on July 20,1976 and sentenced on each offense to consecutive terms of five years imprisonment. We affirm both the judgments, but the sentences must be reversed and vacated since the offenses were facets of the same transaction.

The state introduced evidence at trial that appellant and his codefendant, Ernest Weeks, rang J. Martin Burkholder’s doorbell late one night. When Burkholder opened the door, appellant and Weeks entered the…