George Moon v. State Indiana

Appellant, while serving a life sentence at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, attempted to take the warden of that institution hostage. Appellant was charged with kidnapping, Ind. Code § 35-1-55-1 (Burns 1975), and kidnapping for ransom, Ind. Code § 35-1-55-3 (Burns 1975). Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, a third count of commission of a felony while armed: kidnapping, Ind. Code § 35-12-1-1 (Burns 1975), was filed; appellant entered a guilty plea to this count and received a determinate fifteen year sentence. He appeals, seeking a determination that he was entitled to credit, against his fifteen year sentence, for time spent in prison serving his life sentence between the arrest and sentencing of appellant for this offense. We need not consider the issue raised by appellant. In Coleman v. State, (1975), 264 Ind. 64, 339 N.E.2d 51, this Court held: