Legal Opinion

Steinberg v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided January 21, 2011No. 53A01-1001-CR-16PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

In January 2005, Benjamin H. Steinberg purchased an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle equipped with a laser sight, a flash suppressor, and high-velocity ammunition. Steinberg showed the firearm to his roommates and told one of them that "if anything ever happened he could melt his gun to nothing" with welding tanks that he had in the back of his SUV. In the predawn hours of February 8, 2005, Steinberg drove alongside a Monroe County correctional officer who was on his way home from work and shot him in the head, killing him instantly. Later that morning, a dirty and…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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