Aaron Reid, Appellant (defendant Below) v. State of Indiana, Appellee (plaintiff Below)

Summary

The Indiana Supreme Court revised Reid’s fifty-year maximum sentence for conspiracy to commit murder to the thirty-year advisory sentence under Indiana Appellate Rule 7(B). Although Reid had a substantial criminal history, the court emphasized that the victims were never actually endangered, both sought leniency, Reid was twenty-two and had extensive mental-health problems, and the conspiracy was substantially facilitated by an informant seeking favorable treatment. The court summarily affirmed the lower court’s resolution of Reid’s sufficiency claims.