BUTRUM v. STATE

No. 484S138.

469 N.E.2d 1174 (1984)

Jerry Lee BUTRUM, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Scheer, Marion, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Amy Schaeffer Good, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Chief Justice.

A trial by jury resulted in a conviction of Murder and of being an habitual felony offender. Appellant was sentenced to forty (40) years, to which was added twenty (20) years for aggravating circumstances. The sentence was further enhanced by thirty (30) years by reason of the finding of the status of habitual offender.

The facts are these. While the appellant was an inmate at the Indiana...

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