Harper v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

Following a trial by jury, Defendant (Appellant) was convicted of Rape, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-4-1 (Burns 1979), Resisting Law Enforcement, a class D felony, Ind.Code § 35-44-3-8 (Burns 1979), and was found to be an habitual offender, Ind. Code § 35-50-2-8 (Burns Supp.1984). He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of seventy (70) years upon the rape conviction, the forty year sentence for the rape having been enhanced by thirty (80) years upon the habitual offender finding, and to a concurrent three year sentence for resisting law enforcement. His direct…