McDonald v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Richard J. McDonald was convicted of Robbery, a Class A felony, following a jury trial in the Marion County Superior Court, Criminal Division Room 4. The trial court subsequently sentenced McDonald to a term of fifty (50) years.

Two issues are presented for our review in this direct appeal:

1. sufficiency of the evidence; and

2. error in sentencing determination.

The evidence tended to show that shortly before 3:00 p.m. on January 10, 1987, the victim, Terry Brownlee, went to the Brass Flamingo in Indianapolis. He had had a considerable amount to drink but…