Owens v. State

OPINION

MATHIAS, Judge.

Jerell Owens ("Owens") was convicted in Madison Superior Court of Murd'er and Class C felony robbery. 1 Following remand after appeal, Owens was resentenced to an aggregate term of seventy-three years. Owens appeals and argues the following:

1) Whether the trial court violated his due process rights by increasing his murder sentence when it resentenced him to sixty-five years on that convietion;

2) Whether the trial court abused its discretion in ordering him to serve consecutive sentences; and

3) Whether the sentence was inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense…