Title: Spranger v. State

State: indiana

Issuer: Indiana Supreme Court

Document:

500 N.E.2d 1170 (1986)
William SPRANGER, Appellant (Defendant below),
v.
STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).
No. 684S216.

Supreme Court of Indiana.
December 3, 1986.
*1171 Terrance W. Richmond, Milan, for appellant.
Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Joseph N. Stevenson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.
DICKSON, Justice.
The Petition for Rehearing filed on behalf of defendant William Spranger asserts four arguments, one of which warrants further discussion. The other issues were fully presented, considered, and addressed in our principal opinion in Spranger v. State (1986), Ind., 498 N.E.2d 931.
Defendant contends that our decision is erroneous by reason of the wording utilized in the conclusion of our discussion of Issue XI:
Defendant is correct in his contention that the proper standard under Ind. Code §§ 35-50-2-9(e)(2) and 35-50-2-9(g)(2), is not merely that the mitigating factors did not outweigh the aggravating factors, but rather that the mitigating circumstances "are outweighed by the aggravating circumstance or circumstances."
The imprecise wording utilized in our opinion, however, does not detract from the standard applied by the trial court, as set forth in its sentencing memorandum attached as an appendix to the principal opinion. The trial court concluded:
*1172 It is therefore clear that the sentencing court followed the correct statutory standard.
Petition for rehearing denied.
GIVAN, C.J., and PIVARNIK and SHEPARD, JJ., concur.
DeBRULER, J., would grant rehearing.