Legal Opinion

Young v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 13, 2005No. 49A04-0403-CR-143PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BARNES, Judge.

Case Summary

Randal Young appeals the sentence imposed by the trial court following his plea of guilty to six counts of Class B felony robbery and one count of Class C felony robbery. We affirm.

Issues

The issues before us are:

I. whether the manner in which the trial court determined Young’s sentence violated his Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury as delineated in Blakely v, Washington; and

II. whether his thirty-six year sentence is inappropriate.

Facts

During August 2003, Young robbed at least seven businesses in Indianapolis. Young or an accomplice was armed with a…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  5. Smylie v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Childress v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Kling v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Simon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2005
  4. Young v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Childress v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006

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