Court Opinion

ID: 9743547
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:36:10.924954+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:41.934621
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Opinion on Petition for Rehearing
Givan, J.
Appellant has filed a petition for rehearing in which, among other things, he raises for the first time, the question as to the legality of the one to ten year sentence on his conviction for entering to commit a felony.
Appellant is correct in his observation that under the authority of Easton v. State (1972), 258 Ind. 204, 280 N. E. 2d 307, 29 Ind. Dec. 698, the crime of entering to commit a felony is a lesser included offense of second degree burglary and, therefore, a person convicted of entering to commit a felony cannot receive a sentence greater than the sentence provided for in second degree burglary.
The cause is, therefore, remanded to the trial court for a correction of the sentence imposed upon appellant on the conviction for entering to commit a felony.
Arterburn, C. J. and DeBruler, Hunter and Prentice, JJ., concur.
Note. — Reported in 288 N. E. 2d 553.