Evans v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of kidnapping, a Class A felony, 1.C. 85-42-8-2(a)(8), and escape, a Class C felony, I.C. 35-44-3-5. He was given the presumptive sentences of thirty years for the Class A felony and five years for the Class C felo: ny, and the trial court ordered that the sentences be served consecutively. In this direct appeal, appellant argues that the State failed to prove venue, that his kidnapping conviction must be reversed because two final instructions were given in error and because the evidence as to that count was insufficient, and that the trial…