Swafford v. State

498 N.E.2d 1188 (1986)

Mike SWAFFORD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 584S192.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 21, 1986.

Richard D. Gilroy, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Lee Cloyd, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of Murder and Robbery, a Class A felony. The court imposed consecutive sentences of sixty (60) years and fifty (50) years respectively.

The facts are: On the morning of October 29, 1982, the victim, James Michael Bartlett, went to the Sunshine Inn in…