Baker v. State

425 N.E.2d 98 (1981)

Gregory A. BAKER, Appellant (Defendant below),

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

No. 680S169.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 1, 1981.

Richard M. Salb, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Frederick N. Kopec, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Gregory A. Baker, was convicted by a jury of theft, a class D felony, Ind. Code § 35-43-4-2 (Burns 1979 Repl.) and of being an habitual offender, Ind. Code § 35-50-2-8 (Burns 1979 Repl.) and was sentenced to consecutive terms of two and thirty years'…