Legal Opinion
Bassett v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 28, 2008No. 15S00-0611-CR-474PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
Robert Bassett, Jr., appeals his four convictions for murder and sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole primarily on grounds that the prosecuting attorney in this case listened to a number of non-confidential telephone conversations that Bassett had with his lawyer. This conduct did not violate Bassett’s legal rights or prejudice him at trial. We affirm the convictions and sentences.
Background
Bassett was convicted of the 1998 murders of Jamie Engleking, her two little children, J.B. (age 2) and B.E. (less than one year), and the daughter of a Mend…
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