Legal Opinion
Smedley v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided November 2, 1990No. 37S00-8908-CR-618PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIVAN, Justice.
A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder. He received aggravated sentences of sixty (60) years and fifty (50) years, respectively, to run consecutively for a total sentence of one hundred ten (110) years.
The facts are: In April of 1986, Dwayne Hollifield, Timothy Johnson, and appellant drove around Lake County, consuming whiskey, beer, marijuana, and LSD. After about three hours, they saw appellant's brother, Brian Smedley, standing in front of a tavern in Gary with Lourdes Espinosa, appellant's next-door neighbor and the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Burris v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
- Lindsey v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1973
- Hester v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1974
- State v. McCormickIndiana Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Weaver v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
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