Young v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Jerry Young was convicted of robbery as a class A felony. Ind.Code Ann. § 35-42-5-1 (West 1998). The court imposed the presumptive sentence of thirty years and added thirty years because Young was an habitual offender. In this direct appeal, he challenges:(1) the sufficiency of the evidence, claiming that the State did not prove that he took property “by using force”;(2) the sufficiency of the evidence, claiming that the State did not prove that the victim sustained serious bodily injury; and(3) the proportionality of his sentence.

The Event Itself

On March…