Snyder v. State

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted in a trial by jury, on two counts of kidnapping [Ind. Code § 35-1-55-1 (Burns 1975)], and two counts of committing a felony (sodomy and robbery) while armed [Ind. Code § 35-12-1-1 (Burns 1975)]. He was sentenced to two concurrent terms of life imprisonment upon the kidnapping counts, to imprisonment for a term of ten (10) years upon the armed felony (robbery) count and to imprisonment for a term of twenty (20) years upon the armed felony (sodomy) count. The sentences upon the armed felony counts were set to be served consecutively to the kidnapping…