Barajas v. State

627 N.E.2d 437 (1994)

Cipriano Layton BARAJAS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 79S00-9303-CR-324.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

January 10, 1994.

Charles R. Deets III, Heide Sandy Deets Kennedy Schrader & Antalis, Lafayette, for appellant.

Pamela Carter, Atty. Gen., Cynthia L. Poughe, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of Murder, Corrupt Business Influence, and Dealing in Cocaine. He received sentences of sixty (60) years, eight (8) years, and twenty (20) years respectively, to be served concurrently.

On June 27, 1984, the…