Ingram v. State

In June 1997, a jury found Richard D. Ingram (Defendant) guilty of criminal deviate conduct, 1 sexual battery, 2 and criminal confinement. 3 The jury also found Defendant to be a habitual offender. In August 1997, the trial court sentenced Defendant to forty-four years for criminal deviate conduct, seven years for sexual battery, and three years for criminal confinement, to be served consecutively. The court enhanced the criminal deviate conduct sentence by thirty years based on the jury’s finding that Defendant was a habitual offender. Defendant raises two issues on appeal. The first issue…