Moore v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of two counts of Murder, and the finding that appellant was a habitual offender. The trial court sentenced appellant on Count I, Murder, to an enhanced sentence of eighty (80) years, and on Count II, Murder, to fifty (50) years, with the sentences to run consecutively.

The facts are: On December 15, 1986, Cynthia Wright and her boyfriend, Cleveland Walker, resided at 1730 Monroe Street in Gary, Indiana, with their three children. Both Wright and Walker were acquainted with appellant and had an arrangement with him to handle…