Kocher v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Larry Kocher, Jr., was convicted of kidnapping in violation of Ind.Code § 35-1-55-1, repealed effective October 1, 1977, robbery, and rape following a trial by jury and was sentenced to terms of life imprisonment, twenty years, and ten to twenty years respectively for such offenses. On appeal, appellant raises two issues which we deem necessary to address: (1) whether the failure to instruct the jury that the penalty for kidnapping was life imprisonment, was error and (2) whether error occurred when the trial court denied a motion for mistrial for misconduct by the…