Thompson v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

Richard Thompson, petitioner, was charged with first-degree burglary pursuant to Ind.Code § 35-13-4-4(a) (Burns 1975). He pled guilty to entering to commit a felony, Ind.Code § 35-13 — 4-5 (Burns 1975). He was sentenced, as a result of a plea bargain agreement, to an indeterminate period of one to ten years. Thompson appealed his sentence to the First District, Indiana Court of Appeals, arguing that his sentence must be reduced to one to five years. The Court of Appeals, in Thompson v. State, (1978) Ind.App., 380 N.E.2d 1292, determined that Thompson had failed procedurally to…