Kennedy v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

We affirm the sentence of defendant Stuart S. Kennedy.

Background,

In October 1986, defendant kidnapped a woman from Columbus, Ohio, and took her in her vehicle to Moores Hill, Indiana. The woman was bound, strangled, beaten in the head and shot in the back of the head. Defendant and an accomplice used the victim’s car in the robbery of a Moores Hill bank.

Defendant was charged with intentional Murder, Felony Murder-Robbery, Felony Murder-Kidnapping, Robbery and Kidnapping. A jury convicted defendant on all five counts. In its sentencing order, the trial court dealt with the…