Legal Opinion

McElroy v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 17, 2007No. 71A05-0610-PC-606PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

Otis M. McElroy appeals the post-conviction court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. Specifically, McEl-roy contends that his guilty plea counsel was ineffective for failing to make a double jeopardy objection during his sentencing hearing concerning the entry of judgments of conviction on both operating a vehicle with a 0.10 blood alcohol content causing death and failure to stop after an accident resulting in death. Because principles of double jeopardy do not prohibit the entry of judgments of conviction for both operating a vehicle with a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Richardson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Fisher v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Guyton v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Thomas M. Kunberger v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  2. Jesse Wharton v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. Barton v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
  4. Graham v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2009
  5. Joshua Thompson v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2017

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