Legal Opinion
Klein v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided August 24, 1998No. 49S00-9708-CR-452PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
Appellant Michael Klein was convicted of murder, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-42-1-1 (West 1998), criminal gang activity, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-45-9-3 (West 1998), and possession of a sawed-off shotgun, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-47-5-4.1 (West 1998). The trial court sentenced him to life without parole for the murder, 1 three years for the criminal gang activity, and three years for the sawed-off shotgun conviction, the sentences to be served consecutively.
Facts
On the evening of April 25,1995, Cleo Betz and his friend Michael Howard were walking to Betz’s home. Howard stopped at a…
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