Legal Opinion
Taggart v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided November 30, 1978No. 1276S459PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPivarnik, J.
— 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 Lillian Trajkovich, he was also convicted of first-degree murder in the perpetration of a robbery and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The sole issue presented for our review is whether a confession as to the murders in question, made by one William McCall, was erroneously excluded from…
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