Roark v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

We review and affirm the murder convie-tions of defendant Dennis R. Roark. We reverse defendant's death sentence and sentence defendant to 200 years in prison, consisting of three consecutive sentences of fifty years for each of the murder convictions, such terms to be served consecutively to the 50 year sentence for voluntary manslaughter already imposed by the trial court in this case.1

Facts

The defendant, age 25, lived in Betty Wag-goner's home in Hammond, Indiana, with Betty Waggoner, Mary Waggoner, age 19, who was defendant's girlfriend, and defendant's and Mary…