Jaske v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

A jury found defendant-appellant Roger Allen Jaske guilty of involuntary manslaughter, a class C felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-4, and battery, a class C felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-2-1. In a subsequent proceeding, the same jury found the defendant to be a habitual offender pursuant to Ind.Code § 35-50-2-8. The trial court entered convictions upon the jury's findings and sentenced the defendant to eight years for the involuntary manslaughter convietion, enhanced by thirty years based upon the jury's determination of the defendant's habitual offender status, and eight years for the…