Legal Opinion

Robert E. Hicks v. State of Indiana

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 11, 2014No. 82A01-1306-CR-256PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MATHIAS, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Robert E. Hicks (“Hicks”) was convicted in Vanderburgh Circuit Court of murder and sentenced to fifty-five years in the Indiana Department of Correction. Hicks appeals and claims that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting into evidence recorded statements made by Hicks to the police in which he admitted to killing the victim.

We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

In the summer of 2012, Hicks lived with the victim in this case, his long-time girlfriend Anna Jochum (“Jochum”). The couple often argued about money and Hicks’s use of…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Lockyer v. AndradeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. California v. BehelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Oregon v. BradshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Missouri v. SeibertSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  2. Ashley Reid v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2018
  3. Bruce Dewayne Thomas, III v. State of Indiana (mem. dec,)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2017
  4. Charles R. Whittington v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2017
  5. Jimmy Isbell v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2016

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