Williams v. State

OPINION

MATHIAS, J.

Allen Williams ("Williams") was conviet-ed of murder by a jury in the Superior Court of Lake County in 2004 and sentenced to fifty-eight years. He appeals, raising the following reordered and restated issues:

I. Whether the trial court erred when it upheld the State's use of a peremptory challenge to remove a potential juror;

II. Whether the trial court's response to the jury's request for additional guidance violated Williams's constitutional right to be present and Indiana Code section 34-836-1-6 (1999); and,

III. Whether Williams's sentence violated his Sixth Amendment…