Legal Opinion

Webster v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 30, 1980No. 1079S286PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is a direct appeal by Dirk Webster from his conviction by a Lake County Superior Court jury on two counts of murder (Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1 [1]). Webster was sentenced to consecutive forty-five year terms on each count.

The appellant presents nine issues for review, but because of our disposition of this case we only discuss one claim — that the evidence presented by the State was insufficient to support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The uncontroverted evidence against the defendant which was properly before the jury is set out below.

Betty DeBowles was last…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Patterson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Glover v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
  4. Easton v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1967
  5. Osbon v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1938

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  2. Woolston v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Morgan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Humphrey v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Van Bree v. Harrison CountyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1992

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