Cohen B Hancz-Barron v. State of Indiana

Summary

The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed Hancz-Barron's four murder convictions and four consecutive life-without-parole sentences. It held that sufficient circumstantial and physical evidence supported the convictions, the trial court acted within its discretion in allowing the State to recall a forensic witness, and the jury's aggravator-mitigator weighing was not reviewable. The court also rejected sentence-revision and cruel-and-unusual-punishment challenges because the offenses were extraordinarily brutal and the sentence was proportionate. No separate opinions were filed.