Ind. Code § 35-50-2-5

Class B felony; Level 3 felony

Applied in 198 court decisions — leading case Cardwell v. State (2008)

Most recently applied in Jesse L. Payne v. State of Indiana (May 2019)

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.8

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Sec. 5. (a) A person who commits a Class B felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) shall be imprisoned for a fixed term of between six (6) and twenty (20) years, with the advisory sentence being ten (10) years. In addition, the person may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(b) A person who commits a Level 3 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014) shall be imprisoned for a fixed term of between three (3) and sixteen (16) years, with the advisory sentence being nine (9) years. In addition, the person may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

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