Legal Opinion
Ellis Thomas v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided September 6, 2000No. 48S00-9802-CR-81PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRucker, Justice
Case Summary
A jury convicted Ellis Thomas of murder, attempted murder, attempted robbery, and attempted carjacking. The trial court sentenced him to 110 years imprisonment. In this direct appeal, Thomas contends the trial court erred in introducing into evidence a letter Thomas authored and a telephone conversation recorded between Thomas and another person. We affirm.
Facts
In the early morning hours of October 3, 1993, Marvin McCloud and Damon Nunn were seated in McCloud’s car in the parking lot of an after-hours night club. Thomas, along with his brother Walter Goudy, a cousin Lamont Thomas,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Goudy v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
- Lockhart v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996
- State v. WaltonIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
- Young v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Cleveland Bynum v. Bruce LemmonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Darrell Woodruff v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
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