COCKRUM v. STATE

No. 31,038.

250 Ind. 366 (1968)

234 N.E.2d 479

COCKRUM v. STATE OF INDIANA.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing denied May 13, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Showalter, of Columbus, for appellant.

John J. Dillon, Attorney General, and Murray West, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.


LEWIS, C.J.

This is an appeal from a conviction, by a jury, for the crime of First-Degree Murder. A plea of insanity was entered by the defendant as well as one of not guilty.

The appellant drove a stolen automobile to a service station and compelled the attendant, at gun-point, to fill the car with gasoline. While the attendant filled the car's gasoline tank, appellant told him that he had spent time in prison and that he was going to kill three (3) people...

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