WISSMAN v. STATE

No. 20S00-8705-CR-458.

540 N.E.2d 1209 (1989)

Willis Carl WISSMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender, M.E. Tuke, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Gary Damon Secrest, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Judge.

A jury trial resulted in appellant's conviction of Murder, for which he received a sentence of forty (40) years.

The facts are: On the evening of October 5, 1985, appellant and his wife Carolyn were at their home in Goshen, Indiana with Carolyn's two young sons and their friend Keith Curtis, who was spending the night. Seven-year-old Keith testified that all three boys slept on the couch in the living room that night. He was awakened by the sound...

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