Ellis v. State

ON DIRECT APPEAL

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant William Ellis, Sr., was convicted of murder for shooting another man to death. Finding no trial court error, we reject Defendant’s multiple challenges to his conviction, including claims that there was insufficient evidence of his guilt and that his confession was improperly admitted into evidence. We also affirm the trial court with respect to Defendant’s sentencing claims except for one matter which requires remand.

We have jurisdiction over this direct appeal because the longest single sentence exceeds fifty years. Ind. Const, art. VII, § 4; Ind.…