Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided July 17, 1998No. 10S00-9606-CR-432PublishedCited by 70 opinions

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,…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Wainwright v. GreenfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Wright v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Flowers v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by70 opinions

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