Legal Opinion
Fleener v. Duckworth
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided March 28, 1983No. S81-0286PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
SHARP, Chief Judge.
This cause comes before the Court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Fleener was charged by indictment in two counts for murder and felony murder, Ind.Code § 35-13-4-l(a) (Burns 1975), for the 1977 stabbing of Harold Lewis in Evansville, Indiana. The murder count was dismissed prior to trial. After trial by jury, petitioner was convicted of felony murder. The state trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment on the felony murder count. On direct appeal to the Supreme Court of Indiana, a unanimous court affirmed the…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wade v. DuckworthDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1986
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