Henson v. State

ON DIRECT APPEAL

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Joseph M. Henson., Jr., and another man were convicted of kidnaping, murder, robbery and multiple additional offenses in connection with the abduction and murder of a woman and subsequent crime spree in the Evansville area. He contends that his sentence of 100 years was improperly imposed and that he should have been tried separately on various of the charges. Finding the sentence proper and no entitlement to severance, we affirm.

We have jurisdiction over this direct appeal because the longest single sentence exceeds fifty years. Ind. Const, art.…