Adams v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Following a jury trial in the Marion Criminal Court on March 29,1977, appellant Adams was convicted of first degree burglary, armed robbery, armed rape and armed sodomy. Adams received terms of imprisonment of ten to twenty years, twenty years, twenty-four years and ten years respectively for the four offenses. The last three terms were to run consecutively.

On the evening of June 19, 1976, the victim, E.J., was alone at home with her two year old son. After she retired for the evening, she heard a noise like a window opening and then saw a man standing in her bedroom. She…