William Clyde Gibson III v. State of Indiana

On Direct Appeal

RUSH, Chief Justice.

William Clyde Gibson III pleaded guilty to murdering Stephanie Kirk, and the trial court sentenced him to death. Gibson directly appeals his sentence to this Court, raising four issues: (1) whether there was insufficient evidence to prove two aggrava-tors — that he murdered Kirk while committing two forms of criminal deviate conduct — beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) whether allowing the State to amend the charging information was fundamental error; (3) whether the court manifestly abused its discretion in weighing miti-gators and aggravators; and (4) whether…