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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