Legal Opinion
Watkins v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided March 17, 1983No. 978S198, 878S171 and 479S104PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRENTICE, Justice.
Defendants (Appellants) were each con-vieted, after a joint trial by jury, of Murder, Ind.Code § 85-42-1-1 (Burns 1979) and sentenced to sixty (60) years imprisonment. An additional defendant, Levi Williams, was acquitted upon a motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence. These three appeals were filed separately but have been consolidated for the convenience of the court. The issues assigned by each appellant, however, will be separately addressed.
EVIDENCE
The evidence most favorable to the State was as hereinafter related.
Undisputed evidence discloses…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Patterson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1975
- Baker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1956
- Gaddis v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1969
- Murphy v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by59 opinions
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Modesitt v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. GrossSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1990
- State v. NewsomeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
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