Legal Opinion

Walker v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1976No. 575S133PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted . of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. His appeal assigns the following alleged errors:(1) Admission of the decedent’s utterance, made between the time that he was shot and the time that he died, as violative of the hearsay rule.(2) Giving of the State’s requested cautionary instruction concerning the issue of insanity.(3) Admission into evidence of photographs of the decedent taken during the autopsy and showing surgical incisions.(4) Admitting evidence concerning a telephone conversation as violative of the hearsay rule.(5) Admission…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Breed v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Lawrence v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Birkla v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1975
  4. Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc. v. FIELDSIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Carroll v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1975

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Works v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Spears v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Yamobi v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Tawney v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Watkins v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1983

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