TOPE v. STATE

No. 376S76.

362 N.E.2d 137 (1977)

Ernest Richard TOPE, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

April 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Sullivan, Decatur, Joseph A. Williams, Fort Wayne, for appellant.

Theo. L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Walter F. Lockhart, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


ARTERBURN, Justice.

The Appellant, Ernest Richard Tope, was convicted of first degree murder on April 25, 1975. Sentenced to life imprisonment on July 14, 1975, the Appellant filed his motion to correct errors on September 12, 1975. This appeal is taken from the denial of that motion on December 18, 1975.

I.

In order to conveniently set out the facts of this case, we consider first the Appellant's contention that the jury's verdict was not supported...

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