Legal Opinion

Gaddis v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 20, 1977No. 575S136Published

1Opinion of the Court

368 N.E.2d 244 (1977)

William GADDIS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 575S136.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 20, 1977.

E. Kent Moore, Moore, Sandy, Moore & Deets, Lafayette, for appellant.

Theo. L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Walter F. Lockhart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

PIVARNIK, Justice.

On January 23, 1975, appellant Gaddis was convicted on three counts at the conclusion of a jury trial in Fountain Circuit Court: first degree murder of a police officer who was in the line of duty, felony murder, and commission of a felony while armed. He was sentenced to death by…

Also in this document: Concurrence · Prentice; Concurrence · DeBRULER.

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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