Allen v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Howard Allen appeals his conviction and sentence of death for the robbery, Ind.Code § 35-42-5-1, murder, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1(1) and felony murder, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1(2), of Ernestine Griffin, a woman of seventy-four. We affirm Allen’s conviction and sentence on each count.

Allen alleges seventeen errors. These may be characterized as raising eleven legal issues:(1) That his privilege against self-incrimination was violated by(a) inadequate Miranda warnings;(b) improper custodial interrogation; and(c) failure to respect Allen’s invocation of his constitutional…