Fancher v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARNES, Judge.
Case Summary
Samuel Fancher appeals his convictions for murder and aggravated battery as a Class B felony. We affirm.
Issues
Fancher raises two issues, which we restate as:
I. whether Fancher's equal protection rights were violated by the admission of an informant's testimony because the informant received a reduced sentence in exchange for his testimony; and
whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain his convictions.
Facts
In late August or early September of 2007, Jerry Emerson went to Earl Hen-ton's home on Euclid Avenue in Indianapolis looking for Johnny Wells. A few days…
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