MENDEZ v. STATE

No. 385S103.

491 N.E.2d 532 (1986)

Gerardo MENDEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

April 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Garrett, Public Appellate Counsel, Crown Point, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Louis E. Ransdell, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant, Gerardo Mendez, charged with Murder, was convicted of Voluntary Manslaughter by a jury in the Lake County Superior Court. He was sentenced to fourteen (14) years of imprisonment and now directly appeals, alleging the State failed to sufficiently disprove his claim of self-defense.

Robert Mejia was discovered in his apartment on July 31, 1984. The blood trailing through his apartment led to the bathroom where his body...

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