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SWEANY v. STATE

No. 36S00-9109-CR-674.

607 N.E.2d 387 (1993)

Francis SWEANY, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

February 8, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender, David P. Freund, Deputy Public Defender, for appellant.

Pamela Carter, Atty. Gen., Lisa M. Paunicka, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

At the conclusion of a jury trial Francis "Bo" Sweany was convicted of murdering his wife by stabbing her several times in the heart.1 The trial court sentenced him to the maximum term of sixty years, Ind. Code Ann. § 35-50-2-3(a) (West Supp. 1992), a sentence which affords him appeal direct to this Court. Ind.Appellate Rule 4(A)(7).

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