Morgan A. Leppert v. State

Morgan Amanda Leppert appeals her judgment and sentence for first-degree murder, burglary with assault or battery, and robbery with a deadly weapon. Lep-pert raises four issues: 1) her lengthy sentence violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment laid out in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010); 2) the trial court erred in not having a jury determine whether she killed, intended to kill, or attempted to kill the victim; 3) the trial court erred in finding that she killed, intended to kill, or attempted to kill the victim; and…