Legal Opinion

Birdsong v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided September 4, 1997No. 49S00-9603-CR-190PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELBY, Justice.

Defendant Alphonso Birdsong (“defendant”) was convicted, after a court trial, of two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. The court then sentenced defendant to serve sixty year sentences on each count of murder and a fifty year sentence on the attempted murder count, all to be served concurrently. On this direct appeal, defendant raises three issues: 1) Whether there was sufficient evidence to convict defendant of murder and attempted murder? 2) Whether the trial court properly admitted, over objection, a transcript of a witness’ Grand Jury testimony? 3) Whether…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Fugate v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Modesitt v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Widener v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Smith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Kleinrichert v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1973

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Miller v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Roach v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Mickens v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Wallace v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Sanders v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999

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