Bell v. State

GARRARD, Presiding Judge.

Richard Bell was convicted by a jury of maintaining a common nuisance,1 a Class D felony, and was sentenced to four years imprisonment. His only allegations of error concern the propriety of his sentence.2

Upon finding certain aggravating circumstances, the trial court raised the basic sentence of two years for Class D felonies to the maximum four years as authorized by IC 35-50-2-7(a) (Supp.1979). Bell contends that error occurred in the sentencing hearing when the trial court, over his objection, allowed two police officers to testify about certain criminal activity…