Hunter v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Today we determine whether a sentence of sixty years in the Department of Corrections for a defendant who has been convicted of Murder and Burglary and who was sixteen years old at the time of the crime was proper. We hold that the trial court was justified in imposing its sentence and therefore we affirm.

Facts

On Sunday November 17,1991, James and Kitty Busteed, the son and daughter-in-law of Freida Busteed, stopped over at Freida’s home in Milan, Indiana. To their horror, they found Freida’s body on the couch, shattered glass on the floor, and blood splattered throughout…