DAVIS v. STATE

No. 784S292.

487 N.E.2d 817 (1986)

Purvis DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

January 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fishburne & Lewis, Joe Keith Lewis, Marion, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Michael Gene Worden, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Purvis Davis was convicted of murder on December 10, 1983, at the conclusion of a jury trial in the Grant Superior Court II. The trial court declared a hung jury on the death penalty recommendation and proceeded to sentence Appellant to sixty (60) years. On direct appeal Appellant raises the following issues:

1. whether the trial court erred in denying his request for a change of venue;

2. whether the trial court...

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