In 1980, appellant Robert Heffernan and his accomplice, Joseph Breault, were charged with abduction, rape, and capital murder in the death of a fourteen-year-old girl. Both Heffernan and Breault were found guilty of capital murder by juries in separate trials. Both were sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. This court affirmed Heffernan's conviction on direct appeal in 1983. Heffernan v. State...
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