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JENKINS v. STATE

No. 185S9.

497 N.E.2d 549 (1986)

David Monroe JENKINS, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth T. Roberts, Roberts & Purvis, Associates, Indianapolis, for appellant.

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

DICKSON, Judge.

Defendant David Monroe Jenkins was convicted of attempted murder1 and sentenced to thirty (30) years imprisonment. This direct appeal asserts two issues: insufficiency of evidence and excessive sentence.

Defendant specifically urges that there was no evidence as to the mens rea. The necessary culpability for the offense of attempted murder may be either "knowingly" or "intentionally." Santana v. State...

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