MAURICIO v. STATE

No. 02S03-1009-PC-501.

941 N.E.2d 497 (2011)

Clifton MAURICIO, Appellant (Petitioner below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Respondent below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

February 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Pinnow , Greenwood, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Gregory F. Zoeller , Attorney General of Indiana, Monika Prekopa Talbot , Deputy Attorney General, Attorneys for Appellee.


On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 02A03-1002-PC-130

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Clifton Mauricio was convicted of murder and sentenced to fifty years in prison at a moment when there were conflicting statutes on the books as respects the penalty for murder. We later resolved which of the two statutes should be applied, using the rule of lenity. The General Assembly subsequently amended the statute. Because we cannot say that the...

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