Legal Opinion
Lucas v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided November 14, 1986No. 685S236PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Justice.
This case presents a new version of a question we have visited before: does a trial judge violate the Indiana Constitution by giving an instruction on the silence of the defendant when one co-defendant asks that it be given and the other objects?
Appellants Larry Lucas and Paul E. Lucas, Jr., were tried jointly before a jury. Larry was convicted of three counts of burglary, a class B felony, Ind.Code § 85-48-2-1 (Burns 1985 Repl.), and sentenced to three consecutive 20-year terms of imprisonment. Paul was convicted of four counts of burglary, a class B felony, Ind. Code §…
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