James v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Sherman Andre James was tried for murdering an acquaintance. The trial ended in a hung jury. Fourteen months later, Defendant was retried and convicted of Murder, 1 a class A felony. Finding no trial court error, we reject Defendant’s several challenges to his conviction, including a right to speedy trial violation under Ind.Crim. Rule 4(B)(1) and 4(C).

We have jurisdiction over this direct appeal because the sentence exceeds 50 years. Ind. Const. art. VII § 4; Ind. Appellate Rule 4(A)(7).

Background

On August 24, 1995, Ronald Lawson and Ronald Sanders encountered…