WOMACK v. STATE

No. 1277S806.

382 N.E.2d 939 (1978)

Russell Paul WOMACK, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony V. Luber, South Bend, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Richard Albert Alford, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


PIVARNIK, Justice.

Appellant Womack was convicted of the second-degree murder of his wife, Charlotte, at the conclusion of a jury trial in the St. Joseph Circuit Court on May 25, 1977. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Three errors are asserted herein: (1) that the final argument of the prosecutor was an appeal to prejudice; (2) that a court's instruction on reasonable doubt misstated the law, and; (3) that the evidence was insufficient to support this...

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