HIGHTOWER v. STATE

No. 879S208.

422 N.E.2d 1194 (1981)

Dennis HIGHTOWER, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harriette Bailey Conn, Public Defender of Indiana, David P. Freund, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen. of Indiana, Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Stephen J. Cuthbert, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged with murder. He was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.

The body of the victim, a fourteen year old female, was found in a rural cornfield. She had suffered a total of fifteen .22 calibre rifle gunshot wounds, slashes to her back inflicted with a knife or similar instrument and injuries that may have been sustained by being run over by a vehicle. The victim's...

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