Dillon v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Richard Dillon, was convicted by a jury of two counts of felony murder, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1(2) (Burns 1979 Repl.), one count of burglary, a Class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-48-2-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.), and one count of conspiracy to commit burglary, a Class A felony, Ind. Code § 35-41-5-2 (Burns 1979 Repl.). The jury also recommended that a sentence of death be imposed upon defendant, Ind.Code § 35-50-2-9 (Burns 1979 Repl.), and defendant was thereafter sentenced to death by the trial court.

*847His direct appeal challenges the legality of the death sentence and presents…