Legal Opinion
Wilkes v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 10, 2009No. 10S00-0808-DP-453PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOEHM, Justice.
In this direct appeal, Daniel Wilkes appeals his murder convictions and death sentence. We affirm Wilkes's murder convictions and death sentence.
*679Facts and Procedural History
In the spring of 2006, Daniel Wilkes met Donna Claspell and Michael Baker while all three were being treated at a drug rehabilitation center. After discharge, Wilkes stayed with Donna and her two daughters, eight-year-old Sydne Claspell and thirteen-year-old Avery Pike. Wilkes told Baker that one night he awoke to find Avery "hunching on his leg," and that he and Avery then engaged in mutual oral sex. Wilkes…
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