HEFFNER v. STATE

No. 28S00-8609-CR-802.

530 N.E.2d 297 (1988)

James Thomas HEFFNER, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

November 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Runnells, Bloomfield, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Jay Rodia, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

James Thomas Heffner was tried by jury and convicted of voluntary manslaughter, a Class B felony, Ind. Code § 35-42-1-3 (Burns 1985 Repl.). The trial court sentenced him to twenty years in prision.

Among the several issues Heffner raises on direct appeal, he prevails on one: Whether the admission of Heffner's statements during interrogation by the police after he had requested an attorney violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel...

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