Stonebraker v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Loretta Stonebraker was convicted at the conclusion of a jury trial in the Parke Circuit Court of inducing a murder and of conspiracy to commit murder, a class A felony,. She was sentenced to sixty (60) years for the former, and fifty (50) years for the latter, to be served concurrently. On direct appeal, she raises the following issues for our consideration:

1. whether Appellant was subjected to double jeopardy; 2. whether Appellant was denied her

constitutional right to confront witnesses; and

3. prosecutorial misconduct.

In the summer of 1983, Appellant…