DOWNER v. STATE

No. 585S185.

501 N.E.2d 1052 (1986)

Sanders DOWNER, Appellant (Petitioner below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Respondent below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender, Carolyn J. Fitch, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Richard Albert Alford, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


SHEPARD, Justice.

Sanders Downer appeals the trial court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief in which he alleged that he was entitled to a reduction in sentence because the trial court failed to state adequate reasons for enhancing his sentence. We remand for a more specific set of findings.

In 1980, a jury found Downer guilty of dealing in a narcotic drug, a class B felony, Ind. Code § 35-48-4-1(1) (Burns 1979 Repl.). The trial court...

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