Lowery v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury in | the Hendricks Circuit Court in a bifurcated trial of two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. The jury recommended the death penalty for each murder conviction. The trial court sentenced Defendant to death for the two murder convictions and to a term of fifty (50) years for the attempted murder conviction.

Fifteen issues have been presented for our determination in this direct appeal as follows:

1. whether the Indiana death penalty statute constitutes vindictive justice;

2. lack of specific rules governing the review of…