LAYTON v. STATE

No. 672S81.

301 N.E.2d 633 (1973)

Michael W. LAYTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Transki, Michigan City, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Robert F. Colker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


ARTERBURN, Chief Justice.

On December 15, 1971, a jury found the Appellant guilty of first degree murder, and after a pre-sentence investigation the Court, on January 14, 1972, ordered that Appellant be imprisoned in the Indiana State Prison for life. The Appellant filed a timely Motion to Correct Errors, and it is from the overruling of that motion that Appellant now appeals to this Court.

Briefly, the circumstances appear to have been that Appellant, an...

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