COP KILLER: MICHAEL ALLEN LAMBERT (EXECUTED IN INDIANA ON JUNE 15, 2007)

On this date, June 15, 2007, Cop Killer, Michael Allen Lambert was executed by lethal injection in Indiana for the December 28, 1990 murder of Officer Gregg Winters. The officer died 11 days later on January 8, 1991. Let us honor this fallen policeman and thank God that justice was served. I got the information about the cop killer from clarkprosecutor.org. 

Michael Allen Lambert

Internet Sources:
Clark County Prosecuting Attorney

ON DEATH ROW SINCE 01-17-92
DOB: 10-21-1970
DOC#: 922001
White Male 

Delaware County Superior Court
Judge Robert L. Barnet, Jr.
Prosecutor: Richard W. Reed, J.A. Cummins, Jeffrey L. Arnold
Defense: Ronald E. McShurley, Mark D. Maynard 

Date of Murder: December 28, 1990
Victim(s): Gregg Winters W/M/31 Muncie Police Officer
Method of Murder: shooting with .25 handgun 

Trial: Information/PC for Murder and DP filed (01-09-91); Voir Dire (11-04-91, 11-06-91, 11-07-91, 11-08-91, 11-11-91, 11-12-91, 11-13-91); Jury Trial (11-13-91, 11-14-91, 11-15-91, 11-16-91); Deliberations over 2 days; Verdict (11-16-91); DP Trial (11-18-91); Verdict (11-18-91); Court Sentencing (01-17-92). 

Conviction: Murder
Sentencing: January 17, 1992 (Death Sentence)
Aggravating Circumstances: law enforcement victim
Mitigating Circumstances: 20 years old at the time of the murder, lack of guidance in upbringing, intoxication at time of murder, positive signs of rehabilitation 

Also Serving Time For:
Burglary, sentenced to 8 years imprisonment on 08-31-92. (Delaware County)
Battery, sentenced to 8 years imprisonment on 11-07-97. (LaPorte County) 

Michael Allen Lambert

Summary: Muncie Police Officers were dispatched to a traffic accident and observed an abandoned utility truck. The truck was towed and Lambert was found nearby crawling under a vehicle. Lambert had spent most of the night getting drunk and after telling officers he was trying to sleep, was arrested by Officer Kirk Mace for Public Intoxication. He was patted down and placed into the back of a police car driven by Officer Gregg Winters for transport to jail. A few minutes later, the police vehicle was observed sliding off the road into a ditch. Lambert was still handcuffed in the backseat and Officer Winters had been shot 5 times in the back of the head and neck. A .25 handgun was found laying on the floorboard. It was later learned that Lambert had stolen the .25 pistol from his employer. A demonstration/re-enactment video was introduced into evidence showing the manner in which a gun could be retrieved and fired while handcuffed. A statement by the defendant was admitted despite his .18 BAC.