Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 2002No. 68S00-0009-CR-563PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOEHM, Justice.
Anthony Hernandez was convicted of the murder of Berenice Keffer and sentenced to sixty years imprisonment. In this direct appeal, Hernandez contends that (1) his Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel under the United States Constitution was denied and (2) his right to be heard and to be present under the Indiana Constitution was denied. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Factual and Procedural Background
On May 30, 1982, Berenice Keffer was found dead in her house. Keffer's house had been broken into, and she had been severely beaten and sexually assaulted.…
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