Jenkins v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Clark Jeffery Jenkins was found guilty of Rape, a class A felony, and Robbery, a class B felony, by a jury in the St. Joseph Cireuit Court on April 27, 1988. On June 1, 1988, the Honorable Jeanne J. Swartz sentenced Appellant to the Department of Corrections for a period of thirty (80) years for the rape conviction and a period of ten (10) years for the robbery conviction. The sentences were ordered to be served consecutively. Appellant now directly appeals and raises the following five issues:

1. the trial court erred by declaring the first trial a…