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Title: Jay R. Thompson v. State Indiana
Author : Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Release Date : January 25, 1986
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 74 KB

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Defendant-Appellant Jay R. Thompson was found guilty by a jury in the Harrison Circuit Court of two counts of intentional killing while committing the crimes of burglary and robbery. The State requested the imposition of the death penalty but the jury declined to recommend it be imposed. The trial Judge, however, found two aggravating circumstances present: intentionally killing during the commission of burglary and robbery and conviction of another murder. Accordingly, he ordered the imposition of the death penalty. The fifteen issues presented by the defendant for our review in this direct appeal are as follows:1. denial of Defendants motion to sequester the jury during trial;