HAWKINS v. STATE

No. 49S00-0005-CR-298.

748 N.E.2d 362 (2001)

John HAWKINS, Appellant-Defendant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied August 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine A. Cornelius, Marion County Public Defender, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

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


RUCKER, Justice.

In the early evening hours of August 21, 1997, Rogshan Love and Steven Webber were walking along 19th and Decker Street in Indianapolis. Driving a green Chevy Caprice, John Hawkins stopped the car, pointed a shotgun out the window, fired the weapon at Love, and drove away. A later autopsy revealed that Love died as a result of multiple shotgun wounds to the neck and chest.

Hawkins was ultimately...

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