# Ajabu v. State

> Indiana Supreme Court · March 6, 1998 · 693 N.E.2d 921

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9505721

## Case

- **Full name:** Kofi Modibo AJABU, Appellant (Defendant Below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff Below)
- **Court:** Indiana Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 6, 1998
- **Citations:** 693 N.E.2d 921; 1998 Ind. LEXIS 19; 1998 WL 97849
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Selby
- **Judges:** Boehm, Shepard, Dickson, Sullivan, Selby
- **Cited by:** 91 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding scrivener’s error where the trial court wrongly labeled subsection of statute it used to enhance the defendant’s sentence
- finding a sentence of life without parole is subject to the same statutory standards and requirements as the death penalty

## Opinion text

SELBY, Justice,
concurring with separate opinion.
I agree with the majority; however, I write separately to address the actions of the police and prosecutors in this case. This case does not involve a personal appearance by the lawyer at the stationhouse or a request to speak with the suspect. The Court’s holding today should not be understood to apply to those circumstances, which might present different considerations depending on the factual context or constitutional provision at issue, as the Court’s footnote 5 implies. While it may be true that the law enforcement officials did not act in a manner egregious enough to constitute a violation of defendant’s constitutional rights under Bur-bine, we should not condone such conduct.
DICKSON, J., concurs.

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