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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Ind. Decisions - "Appeals court upholds Glenn murder conviction"
The April 15th decision of the Court of Appeals in the case of Ronald Glenn v.State of Indiana (see ILB entry here - 3rd case) was the subject of a story yesterday in the Martinsville Reporter-Times by Keith Rhoades. A quote:
The court ruled the 30-year sentence for his conviction of robbery causing serious bodily injury, however, violated the double jeopardy standard and his prison sentence for that charge should be vacated by the trial court.The court ruled that even though Judge Brian H. Williams did merge the sentences, he did so after announcing them. The court said the merging should have been done before announcing the sentences.
Robert Cline, Morgan County chief deputy prosecutor/acting prosecutor, said the court ruling will not affect the amount of time Glenn spends in prison.
Cline said it is a technical matter in the case. He said for the state to charge felony murder, it had to have the robbery charge. Cline said Glenn still has the 50 year sentence that means he will spend at least 25 years in prison.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 29, 2008 09:30 AM
Posted to Ind. App.Ct. Decisions