Legal Opinion

Sinn v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 1, 1993No. 54A01-9209-CR-295PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Wayne Sinn, pro se, appeals the denial of his motion to correct an erroneous sentence. He correctly asserts that the trial court was without statutory authority to order his sentence to run consecutively to a sentence entered previously in another court. We reverse and remand with instructions.

FACTS

The undisputed facts reveal that on September 12, 1980, Sinn was convicted of Robbery as a Class B felony pursuant to .a plea agreement. The plea agreement called for the present sentence of twelve (12) years to be served consecutively to a fifteen (15) year sentence imposed…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Larry Joe Carnine, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
  2. Kendrick v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Tolliver v. MathasIndiana Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. Baromich v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Golden v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1990

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3Cited by36 opinions

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