William Clyde Gibson III v. State of Indiana

MASSA, Justice.

A jury found William Clyde Gibson III guilty in the murder of his late mother’s elderly friend and recommended the death penalty, which the trial court imposed. In this direct appeal Gibson raises six issues, which we rephrase as whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying: his request for a fourth continuance, his request to dismiss an entire venire panel, his request to ask a case-specific question during voir dire, his request to dismiss several jurors for cause, and his request to instruct the jury on voluntary manslaughter; the final issue he raises is whether…