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TOWNSEND v. STATE

No. 885 S 339.

533 N.E.2d 1215 (1989)

Johnny TOWNSEND, Jr., and Phillip McCollum, Appellants, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

February 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen S. Podgor, David H. Nicholls, Pauper Appellate Counsel, Crown Point, for appellant Townsend.

James F. Stanton, Merrillville, for appellant McCollum.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Joseph N. Stevenson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

PIVARNIK, Judge.

Johnny Townsend and Phillip McCollum were tried jointly in the Lake Superior Court, Criminal Division, and were found guilty of the November 28, 1983 murders of Hal and Margaret Fuller. Townsend and McCollum were sentenced to death. The court found as aggravating circumstances that both murders were committed intentionally while the defendants were committing or attempting to commit robbery, and that the murders were committed while having previously...

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