HEALD v. STATE

No. 983S324.

492 N.E.2d 671 (1986)

Marcia HEALD, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Wharry, Martin, Wharry & Disler, Lebanon, Brent Westerfeld, Indianapolis, for appellant.

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


GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of Murder and Burglary. The court imposed concurrent forty (40) year and thirty (30) year sentences.

The facts are: Brian Thornton was a mutual friend of appellant and the victim, Shelley Smith. Appellant had developed a delusional pattern of thought in which she perceived Thornton to be Jesus Christ and herself as Eve, a missionary from God or the Mother Mary. Appellant became aware during the summer...

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