LEONE v. STATE

No. 28S00-0206-CR-327.

797 N.E.2d 743 (2003)

Jeff A. LEONE, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender of Indiana, David P. Freund, Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant.

Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Scott A. Kreider, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Jeff Leone had been banned from his ex-wife's trailer, but he went in anyway, and discovered her thirteen-year-old daughter inside. He took the daughter to his camper where he killed her, had intercourse with her corpse, and discarded her body on the property behind a shed.

The sentence for this murder was life in prison without parole, based on two statutory aggravating circumstances, torture and intentional killing while attempting...

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