Antrone L. Crockett v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)

MEMORANDUM DECISION
FILED
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Jan 31 2019, 8:21 am
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APPELLANT PRO SE ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE
Antrone L. Crockett Curtis T. Hill, Jr.
South Bend, Indiana Attorney General
Jesse R. Drum
Deputy Attorney General
Indianapolis, Indiana
IN THE
COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
Antrone L. Crockett, January 31, 2019
Appellant-Defendant, Court of Appeals Case No.
18A-CR-391
v. Appeal from the St. Joseph
Superior Court
State of Indiana, The Honorable Elizabeth Hurley,
Appellee-Plaintiff Judge
Trial Court Cause No.
71D08-0403-MR-007
Vaidik, Chief Judge.
[1] In 2005, Antrone L. Crockett was convicted of Class A felony conspiracy to
commit murder, and the trial court sentenced him to forty years. In 2018,
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Crockett filed a motion to correct erroneous sentence pursuant to Indiana Code
section 35-38-1-15. Specifically, he argued that his “conviction is illegal on its
Face” because the State did not properly charge him with conspiracy.
Appellant’s App. p. 22 (emphasis added). The trial court denied Crockett’s
motion without holding a hearing because he did not allege “that the sentence
itself is erroneous on its face.” Id. at 49. We affirm. The purpose of Section
35-38-1-15 “is to provide prompt, direct access to an uncomplicated legal
process for correcting the occasional erroneous or illegal sentence.” Robinson v.
State, 805 N.E.2d 783, 785 (Ind. 2004) (emphasis added). Here, however, the
basis of Crockett’s motion is that his conviction—not his sentence—is illegal.
[2] Affirmed.
Mathias, J., and Crone, J., concur.
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