Legal Opinion
Wright v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 24, 1992No. 30S00-9006-CR-433PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIVAN, Justice.
Appellants were tried by a jury and both were found guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The trial court sentenced each to a term of sixty (60) years for murder, and fifty (50) years for conspiracy to commit murder. The terms were to be served consecutively.
The facts are: On April 20,1989, at 10:00 p.m., William Edward Freeland’s wife, Teresa Freeland, found him murdered at their New Palestine residence. The coroner attributed the cause of death to stab wounds and blunt force injuries.
Officers took Teresa Freeland’s statement and while attempting to verify her…
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- Miller v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1987
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