Blacknell v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendants-Appellants Charles Blacknell and Benjamin Hagan were convicted at the conclusion of a jury trial in the Lake Superior Court of robbery, a class B felony; criminal confinement, a class B felony; rape, a class A felony; and robbery, a class B felony. Both were sentenced to ten (10) years for each count of robbery and criminal confinement, to be served concurrently with a thirty (30) year term for the rape; they were also sentenced to another ten (10) year term for the second robbery, to be served consecutively to the other terms. The following issues are raised on…