Legal Opinion

Nguyen v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided November 10, 2005No. 02A04-0504-CR-236PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MAY, Judge.

Kha Duy Nguyen appeals the length of the executed portion of his fifty-two year sentence for murder. Nguyen raises two issues for review, which we restate as:

1. Whether the trial court properly considered aggravating and mitigating circumstances when it determined how much of Nguyen's sentence would be executed; and

*1552. Whether the length of his executed sentence is appropriate in light of Nguyen's character and his offense.

We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 1

On December 14, 1991, Nguyen, Ko Jin Soh and Ben Blauvelt carried out a plan to kill Maurice Sin Ming Lam and dump…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Morgan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Pickens v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Beck v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2003
  4. Allen v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000
  5. Silvers v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Childress v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Boyle v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2006
  3. Seals v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2006
  4. Boyle v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. Childress v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2006

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