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DORTON v. STATE

No. 380S62.

419 N.E.2d 1289 (1981)

William A. DORTON and John Munde, a/k/a John Daniel Muha, Appellants, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harriette Bailey Conn, Public Defender, Kurt A. Young, and David P. Freund, Deputy Public Defenders, Indianapolis, for appellants.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Frederick N. Kopec, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Appellants were charged by information with the crime of Burglary, a Class B felony, on November 14, 1977. Dorton was also charged with being an Habitual Offender. After trial by jury, the appellants were found guilty of Burglary on November 17, 1978. On November 21, 1978, in the sentencing phase, the jury found Dorton to be an habitual offender.

Dorton was sentenced to twenty years, to which...

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