ORTIZ v. STATE

No. 576S147.

356 N.E.2d 1188 (1976)

Hector ORTIZ and Bruce Tyrone Williams, Appellants, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

November 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence L. Smith, East Chicago, for appellants.

Theo. L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Elmer Lloyd Whitmer, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellants, Hector Ortiz and Bruce Tyrone Williams, were convicted of first degree murder, Ind. Code § 35-13-4-1(a) (Burns 1975), and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, we consider the following contentions of appellants:

(1) that a statement by Williams should have been suppressed;

(2) that Ortiz was entitled to have his trial severed from Williams' trial;

(3) that the trial court erred in re-reading Williams...

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