Baskin v. State

CONOVER, Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Robert Baskin appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief.

We reverse.

The sole issue for our consideration is:

whether the trial court had the authority to impose a sentence which would run consecutively to the sentences for prior offenses.

Baskin was charged with Burglary on March 11, 1987. The next day, he was sentenced for two separate offenses. On August 27, 1987, Baskin was found guilty on the Burglary charge and was sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment. The eighteen year sentence was ordered to be served consecutively to the…