Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1998No. 10S00-9603-CR-231PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
Defendant Charles Edward Sweeney, Jr., appeals his conviction for Murder. 1 Defendant was sentenced to 60 years. We have jurisdiction over this direct appeal because the longest single sentence exceeds 50 years. Ind. Const. art. VII, § 4; Ind.Appellate Rule 4(A)(7). We affirm defendant’s conviction and sentence.
Background
On May 28, 1991, the victim, Danny Guthrie, left his family to go fishing with defendant. Guthrie did not return home that evening and his wife assumed that he decided to camp over with defendant. The next morning defendant called to see if Guthrie wanted to…
2Cases cited104 opinions
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3Cited by102 opinions
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