Beason v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

On May 11,1995, defendant Jay C. Beason pled guilty 1 to two counts of Murder, a class A felony, 2 and one count of Burglary, a class B felony. 3 The LaPorte Circuit Court sentenced defendant to two consecutive 60 year terms on the murder counts, and a concurrent 20 year term on the burglary count, for an aggregate sentence of 120 years. Defendant now appeals his sentence. We have jurisdiction over this direct appeal because the longest single sentence exceeds 50 years. Ind. Const, art. VII, § 4; Ind.Appellate Rule 4(A)(7).

Background

On July 24, 1994, defendant broke into the…