Opinion ID: 2085855
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 15

Heading: Constitutional Challenge to Capital Sentencing Statute

Text: Bieghler claims that Indiana's death penalty statute, Indiana Code § 35-50-2-9, unconstitutionally allows too much prosecutorial discretion in charging the death penalty, does not meaningfully channel judge and jury discretion, and does not afford meaningful appellate review. Bieghler concedes these arguments have been rejected. Harrison v. State, 644 N.E.2d 1243 (Ind.1995); Bivins v. State, 642 N.E.2d 928 (Ind.1994); Fleenor v. State, 514 N.E.2d 80 (Ind.1987), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 872, 109 S.Ct. 189, 102 L.Ed.2d 158 (1988). He states that he raises them only to preserve them for habeas corpus. He has done so.