Laird v. State

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of three counts: Count I, Dealing in a Schedule II Controlled Substance; Count II, Theft and Count III, Possession of a Controlled Substance. The court imposed the following sentence: Twenty (20) years on Count I; four (4) years on Count II; four (4) years on Count III, the sentences to run concurrently.

The facts are: Appellant and another man planned to burglarize a pharmacy in Valparaiso, Indiana. During the evening of May 1 they went to the pharmacy. While the other man served as lookout, appellant climbed to the roof of the structure.…