Legal Opinion
State v. Alcorn
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided August 12, 1994No. 49S00-9305-DP-585PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIVAN, Justice.
This cause comes to us on an interlocutory appeal from the Marion Superior Court. This Court has jurisdiction to resolve the appealable matter pursuant to Ind.Appellate Rule 4(A). The interlocutory appeal challenges the constitutionality of a saving clause in P.L. 250-1998, Section 3 which amended Ind.Code §§ 35-50-2-8 and 35-50-2-9.
On December 10, 1991, appellee was charged by information of Murder, Felony Murder and Robbery, a Class A felony. The State subsequently filed an information for the death penalty and later an amended information for the death penalty.
On July 1,…
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