Hawkins v. State

RUCKER, Justice.

In the early evening hours of August 21, 1997, Rogshan Love and Steven Webber were walking along 19th and Decker Street in Indianapolis. Driving a green Chevy Caprice, John Hawkins stopped the car, pointed a shotgun out the window, fired the weapon at Love, and drove away. A later autopsy revealed that Love died as a result of multiple shotgun wounds to the neck and chest.

Hawkins was ultimately arrested and charged with Love's murder. After a trial by jury, he was convicted as charged and later sentenced by the court to the maximum term of sixty-five years imprisonment. In…