Corcoran v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

A jury found the defendant, Joseph E. Corcoran, guilty of four counts of murder.1 In the subsequent penalty phase, the jury recommended the death penalty, and the trial court ordered the death sentence imposed. Appealing from the trial court judgment, the defendant does not challenge the guilt phase proceedings or his resulting convictions. His appellate claims concern only the penalty and sentencing proceedings and his death sentence.2 The defendant’s appeal presents eight claims, which we rearrange as follows: (1) the Indiana death penalty statute violates the United States…