Legal Opinion
Harrison v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 4, 1995No. 65S00-9105-DP-380PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
We review and affirm the murder convie-tions of defendant James P. Harrison. We remand for a more specific sentencing order by the trial court.
Facts
In 1988, the defendant met Stacy Forsee at church in Mount Vernon, Indiana On January 17, 1989, about 3:45 a.m., firemen were called to a fire at her home in Mount Vernon. The dead bodies of Stacy Forsee and her two children, daughter Tia Forsee, age 3%, and son Jordan Hanmore, age 21 months, were found in the home. Autopsies showed that Stacy Forsee had been stabbed to death prior to the fire breaking out. Semen was found in her…
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