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VITEK v. STATE

No. 02S00-0002-CR-109.

750 N.E.2d 346 (2001)

Gary L. VITEK, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley L. Campbell, Fort Wayne, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Karen Freeman-Wilson, Attorney General of Indiana, Arthur Thaddeus Perry, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

SULLIVAN, Justice.

We affirm Defendant Gary Vitek's murder conviction for his role in killing a man and burying his body in cement. We find that Defendant's actions after the killing constituted sufficient evidence to convict. Because the police were conducting a valid missing person investigation, we reject his argument that there was an illegal warrantless search. And because Defendant claimed cooperation with police, we affirm the State's use of his refusal to...

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