Indiana Supreme Court May 26, 1995, No. 06S00-9105-DP-401 (Bivins v. State)

DISSENT FROM DENIAL OF REHEARING

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

In affirming this death penalty case, Bivins v. State (1994), Ind., 642 N.E.2d 928, a majority of the Court declared that the Indiana Bill of Rights prohibited allowing the widow of Biving' victim to speak just twelve lines about the impact of Bivins' crime.