SCOTT v. STATE

No. 1085S412.

510 N.E.2d 170 (1987)

David SCOTT, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry J. Wagner, Terre Haute, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Lisa M. Paunicka, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant for Burglary, a Class A felony, and Murder While Committing a Burglary. He received a thirty (30) year sentence for burglary and a forty (40) year sentence for murder, enhanced by ten (10) years by reason of aggravating circumstances, for a total term of eighty (80) years imprisonment.

The facts are: On the evening of April 18, 1984, appellant, a juvenile, and his companion decided to burglarize...

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