Robinson v. State

SHEPARD, Justice.

Appellant Michael Timothy Robinson was charged with murder, Ind. Code Ann. § 35-42-1-1(1) (West Supp.1997), and robbery, a class A felony, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-42-5-1 (West 1986). A jury found him guilty of both crimes. The trial judge sentenced him to sixty-five years for murder and forty-five years for robbery, to be served consecutively.Robinson appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm.

Facts

Robinson and Michael Hobbs were both drug dealers in Elwood, Indiana. Hobbs supplied marijuana to Robinson. Over a period of months, Robinson made plans to murder Hobbs so that he…