Wilson v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
Appellant Donald Stewart Wilson seeks reversal of his convictions on one count of murder, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1, and two counts of attempted murder, Ind.Code §§ 35-42-1-1 and 35-41-5-1. 1
Wilson claims that double jeopardy barred his retrial, that the court wrongly refused various instructions on lesser included offenses, and that it erroneously gave an instruction referring to the jury as the “moral conscience of our society.” We affirm.
Statement of Facts
Shortly after midnight on the morning of May 27, 1994, Wilson drove to the Keg Liquor Lounge in Clarksville. His wife,…
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