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739 N.E.2d 649

Corcoran v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 6, 2000

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 2000-12-06

Cited by 17 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2015

4 federal appellate · 10 state decisions

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Decided 2000-12-06

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SHEPARD, Chief Justice,

¶1concurring.

¶2I join in the Court’s decision to remand, largely because meticulous attention to capital cases at an early stage saves a good deal of effort later on.

¶3I read Judge Gull’s statements about Corcoran’s multiple murders as explanations about why she gave high weight to the (b)(8) aggravator and I would be willing to affirm her on that basis, as it takes little analysis to conclude that four killings make for a weighty aggravating circumstance. Nevertheless, I agree that it is worth clarifying now that only statutory aggravating circumstances are being considered.

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