BIGGERSTAFF v. STATE

No. 381S80.

432 N.E.2d 34 (1982)

James E. BIGGERSTAFF, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferd Samper, Jr., Dawn D. Duffy, Samper, Hawkins, Atz & Duffy, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Michael Gene Worden, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged on a two-count indictment. Count One was for murder and Count Two was for arson. He was tried before a jury and convicted on both counts. He was sentenced to a forty (40) year term of imprisonment on the murder charge and to a twenty (20) year term on the arson count, the sentences to run concurrently.

Appellant contends the trial court erred by denying his Motion for Judgment on the Evidence made following presentation...

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