Legal Opinion

Sowell v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 28, 1992No. 49A05-9105-CR-153PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARTEAU, Judge.

Robert Sowell appeals his conviction for prostitution, a class D felony, and the trial court’s finding that he was an habitual class D felony offender. Sowell raises the following two issues on appeal:

1. Whether the evidence is sufficient to support the habitual offender finding; and

2. Whether his enhanced sentence is manifestly unreasonable and unconstitutionally disproportionate to his offense.

We affirm.

FACTS

On September 17, 1990 Sowell was arrested for prostitution, a class A misdemeanor. The State filed an information charging Sowell with prostitution, a class A misdemeanor…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Clark v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Best v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Woods v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Shepler v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  5. State v. BrookeIndiana Supreme Court · 1991

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Shelton v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Manley v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. Shelton v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1992

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