Hogan v. State

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged and convicted of robbery resulting in bodily injury to a person, a Class A felony. Appellant was sentenced to thirty years, with an additional penalty of twenty years assessed for aggravating circumstances.

The record reveals that on November 14, 1977, three men entered the home of an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Clever. Mr. Clever was severely beaten about the head and thrown down a flight of stairs. Several personal household items were taken, as well as approximately one hundred seventy-nine dollars in cash. Mr. Clever could not identify the…