Dillard v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant, James Dillard, was found guilty but mentally ill by a jury in the Lake Superior Court, Criminal Division, of three counts of confinement, a class B felony, one count of criminal recklessness, a class D felony, and one count of battery, a class D felony. The trial court subsequently sentenced Appellant to an executed term of fifteen (15) years on each of the three counts of confinement, two (2) years on the criminal recklessness count, and two (2) years on the battery count, all terms to run concurrently.

Two issues are presented for our consideration in…