Legal Opinion
Canaan v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided July 28, 1989No. 82S00-8705-CR-521PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIVARNIK, Justice.
Defendant-Appellant Keith Canaan was charged with Murder, a Class A felony, Burglary, a Class B felony, and Criminal Deviate Conduct, a Class A felony. He was convicted of Murder, Burglary, and Attempted Criminal Deviate Conduct. He was also determined to be an Habitual Offender, which would enhance a sentence by an additional thirty (30) years. However, Canaan was not sentenced to a term of years but was sentenced to death.
Canaan appeals directly to this Court and raises numerous issues which we consolidate and restate as follows:
1. whether the Indiana capital sentencing…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Bivins v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
- Deboue v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Stephenson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
- Canaan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
- Sweeney v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998
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