RIDDLE v. STATE

Nos. 974S183, 974S182.

348 N.E.2d 635 (1976)

Roger RIDDLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee. Deloris Smith a/k/a Deloris Riddle, Appellant, v. State of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. McDaniel, New Albany, for appellants.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Joseph J. Reiswerg, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


ARTERBURN, Justice.

These two cases arise from the same crime, the murder of a New Albany, Indiana, woman in July of 1971. One Appellant, Roger Riddle, was convicted on January 30, 1974, of first degree murder. His "common law wife", Deloris Smith, was convicted on January 16, 1974, of one count of accessory before the fact and one count of accessory after the fact. Both Appellants were sentenced to life imprisonment.

These cases were tried in the same court...

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