Menefee v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

In this case Wayde M. Menefee appeals from a conviction for burglary which resulted in a sentence of ten years which the judge ordered served consecutively to a sentence of two to five years meted out in another case. This appeal does not satisfy the jurisdictional prerequisites of Ind.R. App.P. 4(A)(7) in that there has been here no single sentence imposing a minimum greater than ten years. However, we exercise our inherent judicial authority and retain this case for disposition on the merits.

The gravamen of the offense was that appellant broke into the house of Leon…