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SWEATT v. STATE

No. 49S02-0805-CR-290.

887 N.E.2d 81 (2008)

Michael SWEATT, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Gabig, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Richard C. Webster, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Michael Sweatt appeals from convictions for possession of a handgun by a serious violent felon and burglary. He argues that the trial court erred by enhancing his sentence for burglary under the general habitual offender statute based on the same prior felony conviction supporting the serious violent felon count. While we conclude that the enhancements themselves were proper, it nonetheless constituted error to order Sweatt's sentences to run...

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