WATKINS v. STATE

No. 30S00-8708-CR-764.

528 N.E.2d 456 (1988)

Jerry E. WATKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Lewis, Lineback & Lewis, Greenfield, for appellant.

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


GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in a conviction of Murder, for which appellant received a sentence of sixty (60) years.

The facts are: On November 17, 1984, the nude body of the 11-year-old victim in this case was found in a partially wooded area in Hancock County. She last had been seen in the vicinity of her home on November 12, 1984. In June of 1985, appellant was charged in Marion County with the child molestation in September of 1984 of the victim...

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