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Richard Allen files appeal; focuses on ritualistic killing theory and inadmissible evidence
Allen's appeal cites misrepresented search warrant details, prolonged solitary confinement causing psychosis, and exclusion of key defense evidence in his 130-year sentence case.
- On Wednesday, Richard Allen filed a 113-page appeal challenging his conviction and sentence for the 2017 Delphi murders, according to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
- Citing constitutional errors, Allen's lawyers say the appeal rests on three claims: search-warrant misconduct, involuntary confessions from solitary confinement, and exclusion of Odinist/pagan ritual evidence, according to the brief from Stacy R. Uliana and Mark K. Leeman.
- The appeal claims Liggett omitted that Blair told him the man she saw differed from Carbaugh's description, and jurors only heard one of three April 2023 phone calls.
- The appeals court will now review the arguments and allow a rebuttal brief from the Indiana attorney general's office while Allen awaits the Indiana Court of Appeals decision at Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, Lexington, Oklahoma.
- The defense's long list of constitutional claims means the appellate panel faces complex legal questions as Mark K. Leeman and Stacy R. Uliana identified at least 10 appellate issues, nine constitutional, and requested extra time for an oversized brief before the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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Richard Allen Challenges 130-Year Sentence
Source: Lexington Assessment and Reception Center / Lexington Assessment and Reception Center DELPHI, Ind — Richard Allen’s attorneys have filed an appeal with the Indiana Court of Appeals, hoping to overturn his 130‑year prison sentence in the Delphi murder case. Allen was convicted in November 2024 of killing teenagers Libby German and Abby Williams. In their 113‑page brief, his lawyers argue the search of Allen’s home was unconstitutional, hi…
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