Court Opinion

ID: 9723487
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 10:17:08.25784+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:48.984602
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*1197DeBRULER, Justice
concurring and dissenting.
Appellant includes within his appellate claims, the contention that the evidence was insufficient to convict. This contention must now be resolved on its merits giving consideration to all of the evidence presented at the trial. Lockhart v. Nelson, — U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 285, 102 L.Ed.2d 265 (1988). Small v. State (1988), Ind., 531 N.E.2d. 498. I see insufficient evidence of an agreement to support the conspiracy conviction. The evidence of murder is minimally sufficient in light of the testimony of appellant’s incriminating admissions to a fellow prisoner while in jail.
I would reverse appellant’s conviction for conspiracy, and would not permit a retrial on the conspiracy charge. I would reverse appellant’s conviction for murder because of trial error, and permit a retrial on the murder charge.