HOPKINS v. STATE

No. 1280S436.

429 N.E.2d 631 (1981)

Kevin HOPKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray L. Szarmach, East Chicago, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Palmer K. Ward, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged with Murder as defined in I.C. 35-42-1-1 [Burns' 1979]. He was convicted by a jury. He was sentenced to a sixty (60) year term of imprisonment.

The record shows the following facts. On June 9, 1979, appellant and two companions drove from Fort Wayne to Hammond to participate in an alleged insurance fraud scheme with one Kenneth Lewellen, a barbershop owner in Hammond. Upon arriving at Lewellen's shop, and after all...

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