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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court decides one today
In Darryl Jeter v. State, a 12-page, 5-0 opinion in a case argued 12/13/07, Justice Rucker writes:
A jury found Darryl Jeter guilty of murder in the shooting death of Indiana State Trooper Scott Patrick. He was also found guilty of auto theft, a Class D felony. Upon the jury’s recommendation of life without parole the trial court sentenced Jeter accordingly. The trial court also sentenced him to three years for the auto theft conviction to be served consecutively. In this direct appeal Jeter raises three issues, which we recast as four and rephrase as follows: (1) did the trial court err in concluding that Jeter’s attempt to peremptorily challenge a prospective juror violated Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986); (2) did the trial court abuse its discretion by replacing a seated juror with an alternate; (3) was an eyewitness’s in-court identification of Jeter unduly suggestive; and (4) did the trial court err in the admission of certain testimony. We affirm.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 26, 2008 03:11 PM
Posted to Ind. Sup.Ct. Decisions