JELKS v. STATE

No. 377S203.

378 N.E.2d 848 (1978)

Richard Lee JELKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim D. Jordan, Hammond, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Terry G. Duga, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of second-degree murder and was sentenced to a term of 15 to 25 years imprisonment.

The record indicates on January 26, 1974, appellant had quarreled with his wife and she was preparing to leave town. Appellant asked his mother to call the bus station to ask them not to allow his wife to leave on a bus. While his mother was on the telephone, appellant came behind her and began stabbing her in the neck with a knife...

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