Burton v. State

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of Burton’s motion to correct his sentence. It held that Burton was challenging the manner in which his habitual-offender sentence was imposed, making the motion untimely because it was filed more than fifteen years after sentencing, and alternatively found no defect in the habitual-offender proceedings or resulting sentence. The Court concluded that the State’s unacted-upon draft petition did not create a Double Jeopardy violation and that the sentencing order properly declared Burton a habitual offender.