Jones v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Leon R. Jones pled guilty to Murder 1 and Criminal Deviate Conduct Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, 2 a class A felony. The trial court sentenced defendant to 65 years in prison for murder and 30 years for criminal deviate conduct, to be served consecutively. The sole issue in this appeal is the propriety of the sentence. Finding the sentence to have been imposed properly, we affirm.

We have jurisdiction over this direct appeal because the longest single sentence exceeds fifty years. Ind. Const, art. VII, § 4; Ind. Appellate Rule 4(A)(7).

Background

On December 9,…