Butler v. State

Hill, Justice.

Defendant Charles Aaron Butler was convicted by a jury of burglary, robbery and two counts of kidnapping with bodily injury. He was sentenced to serve twenty years in prison for the burglary followed by twenty years for the robbery, with two concurrent life sentences for the two kidnapping counts.

The evidence indicates that two masked men entered a home at about 2:00 a.m. The owner, a doctor, and his wife were beaten. The four then went in the doctor’s car to his clinic where the kidnappers obtained $250. The wife was able to call police. A policeman arrived in time to apprehend…