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AZANIA v. STATE

No. 02S00-8808-PC-751.

730 N.E.2d 646 (2000)

Zolo Agona AZANIA, f/k/a Rufus Lee Averhart, Defendant-Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin L. Likes, Likes and Kraus, Auburn, Indiana, Michelle Fennessy Kraus, Schenkel, Tirpak & Kowalczyk Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellant.

Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General of Indiana, Arthur Thaddeus Perry, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellee.

DICKSON, Justice

The defendant-appellant, Zolo Agona Azania, formerly known as Rufus Lee Averhart, and two co-defendants were convicted of murder1 and felony murder2 for killing Gary police officer George Yaros during a robbery of the Gary National Bank on August 11, 1981. The jury recommended a death sentence. Treating the two convictions as a single offense, the...

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