Bauer v. State

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged and convicted by a jury of two counts of Burglary, a Class A felony. These counts arose from the same incident. One count charged rape as the intended felony. The other charged criminal confinement. The trial judge merged the confinement based burglary into the rape based burglary for the purposes of sentencing. Appellant was sentenced to thirty (80) years based upon the burglary finding. In addition appellant was convicted of criminal confinement for which he received a concurrent two year sentence. The thirty (30) year sentence was enhanced by an…