Legal Opinion

Holt v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided August 1, 1977No. 1175S317PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHunter, J.

Aaron Holt, the defendant, was charged by grand jury indictment with first degree murder. A jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. A timely motion to correct errors was filed and overruled, from which this appeal is taken. The defendant raises the following issues in his appeal.

1. ) Whether the method of selecting and using the regular panel of jurors was not according to law;

2. ) Whether the trial court erroneously instructed the jury on the standard of reasonable doubt;

3. ) Whether the trial court erroneously instructed the jury on the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Fay v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Blackburn v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Baker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Gaddis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Henderson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. State v. JuliusWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Morgan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Bond v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Daniels v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Woolston v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1983

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