Widener v. State

ON DIRECT APPEAL

SULLIVAN, Justice.

On October 12, 1998, Daniel Widener (defendant) pled guilty to Felony Murder 1 and Conspiracy to Commit Robbery, a Class B Felony, 2 in accordance with a written plea agreement under which the trial court would determine his sentence. The sentencing hearing was held in December, 1993, and in January, 1994, the trial court sentenced defendant to consecutive terms of sixty years for Felony Murder and ten years for Conspiracy to Commit Robbery.

Facts

In October of 1992, three young men from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Daniel Widener (age seventeen) and his friends,…