The Indiana Supreme Court has unanimously affirmed the murder conviction and life-without-parole sentence of Anthony Wayne Carter for the 2023 killing of his girlfriend, Ashley Neville. The decision comes after Carter attempted to appeal his conviction, claiming his actions were an attempt to "end the suffering" rather than a premeditated murder involving torture. The Court rejected this argument, stating that because Carter admitted to intentionally suffocating Neville to "hasten" her death after the shot, his intent to kill was legally indisputable. The court also upheld the jury's finding of "torture," a statutory requirement for a life-denial-parallee.