Taggart v. State

382 N.E.2d 916 (1978)

Robert W. TAGGART, Sr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 1276S459.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

November 30, 1978.

Richard W. Maroc, Hammond, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Wesley T. Wilson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Appellant Taggart was convicted of two counts of murder at the conclusion of a jury trial, in the Jasper Circuit Court, on September 3, 1976. For the murder of Ivan Trajkovich, he was convicted of first-degree murder in the perpetration of a robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment. For the murder of…