C.E. writing from Indiana
“Here’s a defendant who never had a fair trial and who never had all the evidence put before a jury. ”
Location
Marion County, IN
Crime of Conviction
Murder; Resisting Law Enforcement.
Year of Conviction
1997
In 1997, C.E. was convicted of a murder which he claims he did not commit. Because of Indiana’s habitual offender statute, he was sentenced to a total of 149 years in prison.
C.E. maintains that he did not fire any shots during the alleged crime. In fact, he says that he did not hear the shots being fired because the music playing in his car was too loud.
C.E. highlights a number of issues with his conviction. Namely, one of the key witnesses tying him to the crime later recanted his testimony, noting that he was coerced by police into testifying. He also claims that his defense counsel was ineffective in his failure to raise exculpatory DNA evidence, failure to call an expert witness, and failure to call exculpatory witnesses.
C.E. hopes to start a nonprofit organization to expand the use of alternative sentencing in Indiana.
Procedural issues
Exculpatory evidence withheld; Inculpating testimony recanted.
Counsel
No