BRASWELL v. STATE

No. 09S00-8810CR888.

550 N.E.2d 1280 (1990)

John Thomas BRASWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay T. Hirschauer, Hirschauer & Hirschauer, Logansport, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Gary Damon Secrest, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of Murder, for which he received a sentence of forty (40) years.

The facts are: On February 13, 1987, the body of Fred Sutton was found in his home in Logansport, Indiana. An autopsy revealed that Mr. Sutton had been beaten with a blunt instrument and had suffered two (2) gunshot wounds, one to the upper lip and one to the chest.

After some initial investigation, the police discovered...

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