Legal Opinion

Pittman v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 2008No. 31S00-0610-CR-355PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

On Direct Appeal

BOEHM, Justice.

The defendant, known as “Albert” Pittman, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of felony murder, and one count each of attempted murder, theft, auto theft, and conspiracy to commit burglary. The jury found that Pittman intentionally killed each of the murder victims and recommended a sentence of life without parole on each of the murder counts. The trial court sentenced Pittman to two con-secutiv'e life sentences for the murders plus consecutive sentences on the other counts aggregating seventy-three years. We find that the evidence does not support one of…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Harrison v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Ritchie v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Timberlake v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Ajabu v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998

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3Cited by47 opinions

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