# Williams v. State

> Indiana Supreme Court · July 8, 1988 · 525 N.E.2d 1238

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9739949

## Case

- **Full name:** Larry WILLIAMS, Appellant (Petitioner Below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Respondent Below)
- **Court:** Indiana Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 8, 1988
- **Citations:** 525 N.E.2d 1238; 1988 Ind. LEXIS 198; 1988 WL 70115
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Pivarnik
- **Judges:** Shepard, Pivarnik, Debruler, Givan, Dickson
- **Cited by:** 18 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9739949

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- reversing an habitual offender determination where “the prior convictions clearly did not occur within the requisite statutory sequence”

## Opinion text

PIVARNIK, J.,
concurs except in the finding by the majority that a new death penalty hearing is required. He would affirm the trial court on this issue. Even though the word “should” was improper, the trial court was capable of weighing all factors and he imposed the sentence.

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