Legal Opinion
Borders v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided November 18, 1997No. 20S00-9505-CR-513PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
Defendant was convicted of Murder 1 on November 3, 1994. He was sentenced to a prison term of 60 years. We affirm the conviction.
Background
On January 10, 1994, around 7:00 p.m., defendant was at the home of Angela James at the same time as Onnie Smith, the victim. Shortly before 8:00 p.m., Smith went outside to his car and was shot to death while sitting in his car.
The information charged both defendant and Marcus Sanders with the murder of Smith. Sanders pled guilty to the felony murder of Smith pursuant to an agreement which stipulated that the State would not seek the…
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