Opinion ID: 2212544
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Heading: Same Act as Basis for Theft and Robbery Conviction

Text: Citing Winfrey v. State (1989), Ind., 547 N.E.2d 272, the defendant asserts that he was improperly placed in double jeopardy due to the fact that the taking of a single piece of property  a handgun  was the basis for both his theft conviction on Count VII of the indictment and his robbery conviction on Count VI of the indictment. Accordingly, the defendant complains that the theft conviction was a lesser included offense of robbery and that the two should have been merged after the jury returned the verdict. The State does not dispute this argument. Theft is a lesser included offense of robbery, and therefore the two convictions should have been merged. Clemmons v. State (1989), Ind., 538 N.E.2d 1389, 1389.