Sargeant v. State

The Appellant, Richard G. Sargeant, was charged with the offense of robbery by affidavit filed on January 15, 1968. The Appellant entered a plea of not guilty, and the Appellant was found guilty by the jury and sentenced by the trial court to a term of ten to twenty-five years. This sentence was reviewed by our Supreme Court in Sargeant v. State (1970), 255 Ind. 252, 263 N.E.2d 525. Said conviction was affirmed but the Supreme Court ordered the sentence corrected to a term of ten to twenty years, which was accordingly done by the trial court.

This present case was commenced when the Appellant…