The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of a man who killed a Ball State student in 1994.
Larry Newton Jr.’s attorneys say the life sentence is unconstitutional, because he was 17 when he shot and killed 19-year-old Christopher Coyle during a robbery near the Ball State campus 27 years ago. Newton plead guilty to murder, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
In 2017, the Indiana Supreme Court declined to review an appeal, and on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court did the same thing.
“The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision finally closes the book on this horrendous saga,” said Delaware County Prosecutor Eric Hoffman.
Newton, who is now 44, is at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.
