Kocher v. State

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of Kidnapping, Criminal Confinement, and Robbery While Armed with a Deadly Weapon. The trial court merged the Kidnapping and Confinement convictions, sentencing appellant to the thirty (30) year presumptive term. Appellant was sentenced to a term of ten (10) years for the robbery conviction, to be served concurrently with the thirty (30) year term.

Appellant entered Merchants Bank, Bright Branch, with a gun and ordered the tellers and acting branch manager to fill a bag with money. Two of the four bank employees knew appellant as a…