Legal Opinion
O'CONNELL v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 2001No. 71S00-9911-CR-665PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOEHM, Justice.
Leif O’Connell was convicted of one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder and sentenced to 175 years imprisonment in connection with a series of random shootings of African-Americans in St. Joseph County. On direct appeal, O’Connell raises eight issues for review, which we consolidate and restate as four: (1) whether O’Connell waived the right to a court-ordered pretrial lineup and whether the trial court erred in allowing in-court identifications of O’Connell by two victims; (2) whether O’Connell waived any error in allowing the State’s surprise witness; (3)…
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