Overview
- Attorneys for Richard Allen submitted a new brief to the Indiana Court of Appeals seeking to throw out his conviction in the killings of Abby Williams and Libby German.
- The brief argues the trial court wrongly allowed evidence from what the defense calls an unconstitutional search of Allen’s home.
- The filing also contests the use of statements Allen made while he was held alone in jail, which his lawyers describe as made while he was “gravely disabled.”
- Defense lawyers say this submission builds on an appeal launched in December, and a ruling could range from upholding the verdict to ordering a new trial based on legal error.
- Allen is serving a 130-year sentence after a jury found him guilty, and he is currently held in an Oklahoma prison while the appeal proceeds.