Blackwell v. the State and Vice Versa

Summary

The court affirmed Blackwell’s convictions and the denial of his ineffective-assistance claim, holding that the evidence supported his participation in the murder through transferred intent and that the unobjected-to jury instructions did not constitute plain error. It also affirmed the trial court’s refusal to replace Blackwell’s life sentence with life without parole, concluding that the habitual-offender statute required the longest prescribed period of time but did not make parole ineligibility part of that sentence. No separate opinions were filed.