Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided November 10, 2009No. 49A04-0905-CR-259PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BRADFORD, Judge.

Appellant-Defendant Sean Wright appeals his convictions, following a jury trial, for three counts of Murder, 1 a felony, and his accompanying sentence of 165 years. Upon appeal, Wright challenges his convie-tions by claiming that certain victim statements admitted against him violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004); certain of his own statements were procured in violation of his right against self-incrimination, his right to remain silent, and his right to secure an attorney…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  4. Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Anglemyer v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. FranklinTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
  2. S.G. v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2011
  3. Stewart v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2011
  4. Harold Bishop v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
  5. Adrian Anthony v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2016

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