Darryl L. Calvin v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.), 2017 Ind. App. LEXIS 304

Darryl L. Calvin was charged with Level 4 felony burglary in Indiana based on an April 2016 offense; jury found him guilty.
The State filed notice seeking habitual-offender enhancement, alleging two prior Illinois Class 1 residential burglary convictions (1992 and 1999).
At the bifurcated habitual-offender hearing, State proved Calvin received multi-year prison terms for those Illinois convictions (13 years and 28 years).
Trial court found Calvin an habitual offender and imposed a 10-year enhancement, for an aggregate 16-year sentence.
Calvin appealed, arguing the State failed to prove that at least one prior felony was not merely the equivalent of an Indiana Level 6 felony or Class D felony.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Whether the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that at least one prior out-of-state felony is not equivalent to Indiana Level 6/Class D for habitual-offender purposes	State: Illinois Class 1 residential burglary has elements and sentencing more closely equivalent to Indiana Level 4, so it qualifies as "not a Level 6/Class D"	Calvin: Showing prior imprisonment >1 year only proves the convictions are Level 6 equivalents, so State failed to meet the statutory requirement that at least one prior be more serious	Court: Compare elements and sentencing — Illinois Class 1 residential burglary is equivalent to a higher-level felony (comparable to Indiana Level 4); State met its burden; habitual enhancement affirmed

Knight v. State, 42 N.E.3d 990 (Ind. Ct. App. 2015) (standard of review for sufficiency of evidence in criminal cases)
Glotzbach v. State, 783 N.E.2d 1221 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003) (statutory interpretation should avoid absurd results)