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Pursuant to Ind.Appellate Rule 65(D), this Memorandum Decision shall not be regarded as precedent or cited before any court except for the purpose of establishing the defense of res judicata, collateral estoppel, or the law of the case. ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: P. STEPHEN MILLER Fort Wayne, Indiana ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: STEVE CARTER Attorney General of Indiana MATTHEW D. FISHER Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
TABRINA WATTS, Appellant-Defendant, vs. STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee-Plaintiff. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 02A03-0703-CR-133

APPEAL FROM THE ALLEN SUPERIOR COURT The Honorable Frances C. Gull, Judge Cause No. 02D04-0608-FB-165

August 28, 2007 MEMORANDUM DECISION - NOT FOR PUBLICATION

SHARPNACK, Judge

Tabrina Watts appeals her sentence for two counts of robbery as class B felonies. 1 Watts raises one issue, which we revise and restate as whether her sentence is inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender. We affirm. The relevant facts follow. On July 21, 2006, seventeen-year-old Watts and several friends drove up to where Stephanie Kale was walking and ambushed her. The group knocked Kale's glasses off and injured her. The group then took Kale's purse and her cell phone. On July 22, 2006, the group did the same thing, only this time there were two victims, Amanda Sorg and Tiffany Price, who was pregnant. Again, the group violently punched and kicked Sorg and Price and then took their purses and cell phones. The State charged Watts with two counts of robbery as class B felonies. On November 3, 2006, Watts pleaded guilty to both robbery charges. Watts's plea

agreement was capped at a maximum of ten years executed for each count, with each party to argue regarding whether the sentences should run consecutively or concurrently. The trial court sentenced Watts to "confinement for a period of ten years; provided however, that six years of said sentence is ordered executed and the remainder of four years is ordered suspended and defendant placed on Active Adult Probation for a period of two years." Appellant's Appendix at 39. The trial court ordered the sentences to run consecutively. The sole issue is whether Watts's sentence is inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender. Ind. Appellate Rule 7(B) provides that "the
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