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LEACH v. STATE

No. 20S00-9606-CR-452.

699 N.E.2d 641 (1998)

Walter M. LEACH, Defendant-Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

August 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. McCaslin, McCaslin & McCaslin, Elkhart, for defendant-appellant.

Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General of Indiana, Priscilla J. Fossum, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for plaintiff-appellee.

DICKSON, Justice.

In this direct appeal, the defendant, Walter M. Leach, challenges his conviction for the murder1 of Howard VanZant. VanZant was shot in the head after leaving Duke's Bar in Nappanee, Indiana, in the early morning of July 4, 1995. A jury found the defendant guilty of murder, and the trial court sentenced him to sixty-five years, enhanced by thirty years for his status as a habitual offender based on thirteen prior felony...

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