Legal Opinion
Allen v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 2001No. 49S00-9804-PD-249PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
Petitioner Howard Allen appeals the denial of post-conviction relief from his conviction for murder and sentence of death. We affirm the denial of post-conviction relief for the reasons set forth in this decision.
Background
Our earlier opinion in this matter describes in detail the crimes of which Allen was convicted. See Allen v. State, 686 N.E.2d 760, 766 (Ind.1997). In brief, Allen murdered 74-year-old Ernestine Griffin in her Indianapolis home. Police determined that Griffin had been killed by a combination of a knife wound to her chest and a blow to her head. On a…
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