Legal Opinion
Lander v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 2002No. 49S00-0005-CR-297PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
Defendant was convicted and sentenced for murder and conspiracy to commit robbery. We affirm his convictions, finding probable cause and consent justify his warrantless arrest in his home, hearsay statements admitted at trial were harmless error, and his claim of double jeopardy unsupported. We find the aggravating and mitigating cireumstances here warrant maximum concurrent sentences.
Background
On February 18, 1999, Darrell Robinson and Adam Borton concocted a plan to rob Michael Strait as revenge for Strait's having been too friendly with Borton's girlfriend and soon-to-be…
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