Valentin v. State

ON TRANSFER FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS

DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant, Samuel Valentin, was convicted of robbery, conspiracy to kidnap, kid-naping, felony murder in the commission of robbery, and felony murder in the commission of kidnaping arising from his involvement in a 1986 hijacking of a van and the kidnaping and killing of its driver. The trial court merged the conviction for kidnaping with that for felony murder in the commission of kidnaping. On direct appeal, this Court vacated the conviction for robbery as a class A felony and ordered that conviction and sentence be entered on the…