Walker v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A grand jury indicted appellant for the murders of May Doria Miller and Frank George Miller. Appellant filed a plea in abatement contesting the grand jury proceedings. However, the trial court upheld the grand jury.

A jury trial resulted in appellant being convicted on both murder charges. He received two life sentences.

The facts are: The partially decomposed bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Miller were found along the Elkhart River east of New Paris in Elkhart County. Each were found to have died from bullet wounds to the head. Witnesses had testified they had seen Mr. and Mrs. Miller…