Legal Opinion
Stites v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 23, 2005No. 65S01-0409-PC-433PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER FROM THE INDIANA COURT OF APPEALS, NO. 65A01-0810-PC-402.
RUCKER, Justice.
Donna K. Stites entered a plea agreement that provided the sentence she received would run consecutive to a sentence she was already serving. She later challenged the plea as illegal. We conclude that Stites received the benefit of her bargain and cannot now complain.
Facts and Procedural History
On November 12, 1984, Stites was charged in Vanderburgh County with the murder of her stepfather, Ron Fulton. She pleaded guilty to this charge in February 1985 and was sentenced to fifty years…
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