Richard Allen's attorneys reveal strategy in appeal of Delphi murders conviction

Richard Allen’s Legal Team Files Appeal Plans

Source: Lexington Assessment and Reception Center / Lexington Assessment and Reception Center INDIANAPOLIS — Richard Allen’s attorneys are challenging his double murder conviction and 130-year sentence, highlighting two main points in their appeal. First, they are questioning the search of Allen’s Delphi home, where investigators found knives, a blue Carhartt jacket, and a Sig Sauer handgun. Detectives said a bullet near the victims, Abby Willia…

Richard Allen's attorneys reveal strategy in appeal of Delphi murders conviction

INDIANAPOLIS — A motion filed this week in the appeal of Richard Allen's double murder conviction reveals at least two issues his appellate attorneys plan to challenge in their attempts to reverse his conviction and 130-year prison sentence. "Counsel intends to raise the denial of the Motion to Suppress and the exclusion of third-partyevidence on appeal," Allen's attorneys wrote in the Monday filing. The motion to suppress deals with the search …