Clippinger v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a bench trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of murder and of being a serious violent felon in possession of a firearm. After a separate sentencing phase, the trial court sentenced Defendant to serve two life sentences without parole consecutively. After a subsequent sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed an additional twenty-year sentence for the firearm possession conviction, also to run consecutively. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in imposing consecutive life sentences; and (2) the trial court’s sentencing order was inadequate, but Defendant’s sentence was proper.
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