Legal Opinion
Watkins v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 1, 1992No. 82A01-9110-CR-304PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Judge.
Gary D. Watkins appeals the denial of his motion to correct an erroneous sentence. He argues the trial court lacked the authority to order the present eight (8) year sentence to run consecutively to a sentence which was imposed at an earlier time. We reverse.
FACTS
On April 6, 1988, Watkins was sentenced to an aggregate sentence of thirty (80) years imprisonment for Burglary and Attempted Rape by the Vanderburgh Circuit Court in cause no. 8725.
On July 29, 1983, Watkins was sentenced to eight (8) years imprisonment for Battery by the Vanderburgh Circuit Court in the present…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
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