Legal Opinion
Underwood v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 31, 2000No. 49S00-9707-CR-419PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
Defendant Herbert Underwood was sentenced to death for murder and related crimes but granted a new trial. After a retrial resulted in acquittal on some counts and a hung jury on murder, he was convicted at a third trial and sentenced to 60 years. He now appeals, claiming a speedy trial right violation and improper use of certain evidence. We affirm, finding no speedy trial right violation and any error in admitting the evidence to be harmless.
This Court has jurisdiction over this direct appeal because the sentence exceeds 50 years. Ind. Const, art. VII, § 4; Ind. Appellate…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Bradberry v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1977
- Underwood v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
- Kindred v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1988
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