Legal Opinion

Luckhart v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 4, 2000No. 18S00-9905-CR-276PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRucker, Justice

Nanette Luckhart appeals her conviction for murder committed during perpetration of a robbery as a result of the stabbing death of her seventy-five-year-old neighbor Paul Gann. In this direct appeal Luckhart claims the trial court erred by admitting her confession into evidence, and that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the conviction. We disagree and therefore affirm.

Facts

The facts most favorable to the verdict show that Luckhart was a friend of Jeff Gann. Jeff lived with his father Paul Gann in the same Muncie neighborhood as Luckhart. The record shows that Luck-hart was aware that…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Light v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Heavrin v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. PALILONIS v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  2. Atteberry v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2009
  3. Pagan v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2004
  4. Giles v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002
  5. Keith v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2019

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