Jones v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction upon a plea of guilty to class B felony rape. Ind.Code § 35-42-4-1 (Burns Supp.1984). Appellant-Defendant Tom Jones was sentenced to ten years imprisonment plus an additional ten years for aggravating circumstances. He now requests a review of the trial court's imposition of an aggravated sentence upon him.

These are the facts that are pertinent to the appeal. On November 6, 1980, two eleven-year-old girls were walking to Franklin Elementary School in Marion, Indiana, when they were abducted by two men as they passed Crofton…