McVey v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of Armed Robbery, for which he received a sentence of twenty (20) years. He was also found to be an habitual criminal, for which the trial judge erroneously gave a separate sentence of twenty (20) years which he ordered to be served consecutively to the sentence for armed robbery. Therefore this case will be remanded for the correction of sentence.

The facts are: At approximately 10:00 p.m. on March 18, 1987, David Simmons was working alone in Larry’s Liquors in Muncie when two masked men entered, one wearing a wolf mask and…