Legal Opinion

Sanders v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 6, 2002No. 45A03-0107-PC-232PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant-Petitioner, William Sanders (Sanders), appeals the denial of his Petition for Post-Conviction Relief.

We affirm.

ISSUES

Sanders raises three issues on appeal, which we restate as follows:

1. Whether the post-conviction court erred in denying relief when the trial court's instruction on attempted murder failed to require a finding of specific intent to kill.

2. Whether the post-conviction court erred in denying relief when the jury instructions on voluntary manslaughter and attempted voluntary manslaughter made sudden heat an element to be proven…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bieghler v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Spradlin v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
  4. State v. MooreIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  5. State v. HolmesIndiana Supreme Court · 2000

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Benefield v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2011
  2. Johnson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2005
  3. Taylor v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2008
  4. James Roberson v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
  5. Tyrone Winkleman v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014

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