Calhoun v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Michael Edward Calhoun, the appellant, was convicted of murder and robbery in the first degree. He was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment in each ease, with the sentences to run consecutively. On this direct appeal from those convictions he contends that he should not have been sentenced for both murder and robbery because the offenses arose from a single transaction.

In their briefs both the appellant and the attorney general claim that this issue was not presented to the circuit court. We disagree. At sentencing, defense counsel, in requesting that the sentences…