Hearns v. State

Defendant, Jim Hearns, appeals his conviction and sentences for (1) trespass, (2) false imprisonment, (3) attempted robbery, (4) assault, (5) display of a weapon during the commission of a criminal offense, and (6) attempted battery.

Hearns alleges as reversible error the imposition of separate sentences1 for each of the offenses in that the charges arose out of the same criminal episode. The salient facts are as follows:

The victim, Eileen Rorick, testified she left her office on the afternoon of December 23, 1976 and went to her car in the parking lot. As she was about to enter, Hearns…