Jennings v. State

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Robert Jennings appeals the sixty-nine (69) year prison sentence imposed for crimes related to two successive burglaries of the same budding. The sole issue raised on appeal may be restated as:

whether Jennings’ sentence violates the limitation upon consecutive sentences imposed by Ind.Code 35-50-1-2 (1994).

We reverse and remand with instructions that Jennings be resentenced for an aggregate term not exceeding fifty-five (55) years.

FACTS

The facts in the light most favorable to the verdict reveal that during the evening of March 22, 1991, and the early morning of March…