Legal Opinion
Robertson v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided August 8, 2007No. 49S05-0704-CR-152PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOEHM, Justice.
We hold that under the sentencing laws from April 25, 2005, a court imposing a sentence to run consecutively to another sentence is not limited to the advisory sentence. Rather, the court may impose any sentence within the applicable range.
Factual and Procedural History
On April 20, 2002, Clyde Baker reported to the police that someone had broken into his garage and his chainsaw was missing. Baker suspected a former employee of his, Michael Robertson. The police investigated, and on June 13, 2002, Robertson was charged with one count of theft, a class D felony. Due to a series…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Smylie v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
- Wooley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
- McCann v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
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3Cited by41 opinions
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