Lang v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Jerry A. Lang, pled guilty to robbery, a Class A felony, Ind. Code § 35-42-5-1 (Burns 1983 Supp.), and was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction for a period of forty-five years. He raises five issues in this direct appeal which we have consolidated into the following three issues:

1. Whether defendant’s sentence is so excessive that it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and an abuse of the trial court’s discretion;

2. Whether the pre-sentence report was filed sufficiently in advance of the sentencing to afford defendant a change to review it and…