Legal Opinion
Monegan v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 16, 2001No. 89S00-0010-CR-600PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
Joseph Monegan appeals his sentence for murder. Among other things, he challenges as unexplained the trial court's finding that he was in need of correctional and rehabilitative treatment that could best be provided by commitment to a penal facility. We conclude that Senior Judge Reinke's findings on this point are a model of clarity.
Facts and Procedural History
In 1996, a jury found Monegan guilty of murdering Tyrone Deloney, and the trial court subsequently sentenced him to life without parole. See Monegan v. State, 721 N.E.2d 243, 246-47 (Ind.1999). On appeal, we…
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