Shoun v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of murder. Defendant was sentenced to life without parole. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court, holding (1) the trial court did not commit fundamental error when it did not find, sua sponte, that Defendant had an intellectual disability, precluding a life without parole sentence, even though Defendant's trial counsel withdrew the petition to determine whether he had the disability; (2) Defendant’s life without parole sentence was proportionate to the offense and thus did not violate Article 1, Section 16 of the Indiana Constitution; and (3) Defendant’s sentence was appropriate pursuant to Indiana Appellate Rule 7(B).
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