Lewis v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-appellant, Theodore C. Lewis, was charged in the Vanderburgh Circuit Court with the crimes of attempted rape and criminal deviate conduct. The jury returned guilty verdicts on the included offenses of battery with bodily injury, a class A misdemeanor, and criminal deviate conduct, a class B felony. The trial court sentenced Defendant to one year for his battery conviction and to twenty years for his deviate conduct conviction. Said sentences were ordered to be served consecutively.

Pour issues are raised in this direct appeal as follows:

1. Whether the trial court…