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X-WR-CALNAME:[APPEALS] Vincent McCurtis v. State of Indiana\, 25A-CR-580
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DESCRIPTION:As Victoria Navarrete returned to her duplex apartment\, her ne
 ighbors in the adjoining unit\, Vincent McCurtis and Nicole Stewart\, were
  sitting outside with two people who were later identified as Brandon Jack
 son and Brian Ward.  Later\, as Victoria sat on her front porch\, Ward tri
 ed to start a conversation\, prompting McCurtis to tell Ward to leave Vict
 oria alone because he did not “want anyone talking to her.”  When Ward
  then tried to leave\, McCurtis instructed Jackson to attack him.  Victori
 a heard\, but could not see\, Ward being hit and kicked and McCurtis sayin
 g things such as\, “I want him dead.  I’m going to kill him” and tha
 t he wanted to “finish him off.”  Eventually\, McCurtis instructed Jac
 kson to carry Ward into the apartment and drown him.  McCurtis and Jackson
  dropped Ward’s lifeless body at Victoria’s door\, Victoria called 911
  and\, after being rushed to the hospital\, Ward was declared dead.\n\n \n
 \nThe State charged McCurtis and Jackson with murder.  At a joint trial\, 
 both defendants proposed jury instructions on several lesser included offe
 nses\, including reckless homicide.  Despite giving Jackson’s proposed r
 eckless homicide instruction\, the trial court declined to instruct the ju
 ry on reckless homicide as to McCurtis.  The jury found McCurtis guilty of
  murder and Jackson guilty of reckless homicide.\n\n \n\nOn appeal\, McCur
 tis challenges the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on reckles
 s homicide.  He claims that even though he made several explicit statement
 s expressing an intent to kill Ward\, there remains a serious evidentiary 
 dispute as to whether he killed Ward intentionally or recklessly.\n\nThe s
 cheduled panelists are Chief Judge Altice\, Judge Kenworthy\, and Judge De
 Boer.
GEO:39.733385;-86.152124
LOCATION:Christel House Watanabe High School \, Auditorium
SUMMARY:[APPEALS] Vincent McCurtis v. State of Indiana\, 25A-CR-580
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.in.gov/event/appeals-vincent-mccurtis-v-state-
 of-indiana-25a-cr-580
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