Legal Opinion
Averhart v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 1984No. 1182S414PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIVARNIK, Justice.
These three Appellants were charged jointly in the Lake Criminal Court with the crimes of murder, and murder in the perpetration of robbery. Change of venue was granted to the Allen Superior Court and there all three were found guilty of both murder and felony murder. The death sentence was sought for all three defendants but the jury recommended death for Aver-hart only. The trial court found that sentence could be imposed for only one of the convictions and subsequently sentenced North and Hutson to a term of sixty (60) years. It was the judgment of the trial court that…
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