WATKINS v. STATE

Nos. 978S198, 878S171 and 479S104.

446 N.E.2d 949 (1983)

Darnell WATKINS, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below). Kendall David Warner, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee (Plaintiff below). Ray Smith, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Toomey, Toomey & Woloshansky, Merrillville, for appellant Darnell Watkins.

George Glendening, Hammond, for appellant Kendall David Warner.

Saul I. Ruman, Hammond, for appellant Ray Smith.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Elmer Lloyd Whitmer, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendants (Appellants) were each convicted, after a joint trial by jury, of Murder, Ind. Code § 35-42-1-1 (Burns 1979) and sentenced to sixty (60) years imprisonment. An additional defendant, Levi Williams, was acquitted upon a motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence. These three appeals were filed separately but have been consolidated for the convenience of the court. The issues assigned by each appellant, however,...

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