Legal Opinion
Walker v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 10, 1978No. 877S584PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
— Defendant (Appellant) was convicted of Kidnapping, Ind. Code §35-1-55-1 (Burns 1975), following a bench trial and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Defendant was an inmate in the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City, Indiana. As of October 10, 1975, the defendant had been imprisoned in a modified solitary confinement (NSB) unit for more than six months. On the night of October 10th, Defendant and five other inmates escaped from their cells. After winning their way to the prison yard, the es capees faced recapture by the prison guards and the State Police. They then entered the warden’s…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- People v. LovercampCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- Vacendak v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976
- Parker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976
- Beard v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Toops v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994
- State v. PichonCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1991
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Early v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1985
- Spakes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
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