Court Opinion

ID: 9739607
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:18:22.792174+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:13.139644
License: Public Domain

DeBRULER, Justice,
concurring.
With respect to issue I it is accurate to say that a complete and proper review of the ruling on suppression is not ordinarily possible in the absence of a record of the suppression hearing, and that it is in the first instance the obligation of counsel to file a complete record. However, in a first and direct criminal appeal, it can be better Judicial Administration to sua sponte order completion of the record, particularly where the issue involved is a constitutional one.
I also agree on issue IV that separate sentences are appropriate under the facts of this case for both attempted murder and robbery. Apropos to this issue is our recent case of Bevill v. State (1985), Ind., 472 N.E.2d 1247 (Pivarnik, J., concurring and dissenting) where we held that separate sentences for attempted murder and class A burglary could not stand as violative of the state and federal double jeopardy provisions. There the same stabbing of the victim was the basis of the attempted murder charge and the bodily injury element of the class A burglary. The situation at hand is different. Here, there are two separate onslaughts upon the victim Armstrong. The first occurred when appellant shot him in the neck and took the money and revolver. This provided the basis for the class A robbery sentence. The second occurred after the women were robbed, and appellant there again turned his gun upon Armstrong, shooting him again and striking the arm. This provided the basis for the attempted murder sentence.