Sims v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant, Willie Sims, was charged along with Paul Smith and Albert Larkin by way of an information with two counts of kidnapping, Ind.Code § 35-42-3-2, and two counts of robbery, Ind.Code § 35-42-5-1. Appellant was granted a severance and tried separately by jury. He was convicted on all four counts.

In this case Pioch and Mann were steered to appellant’s apartment by a man on the street for the purpose of finding some girls and having a good time. There, appellant struck Pioch on the head with a ball bat, and put a knife to his neck, and Larkin *557mistreated Mann in a like…