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SOWARD v. STATE

No. 45S00-9809-CR-510.

716 N.E.2d 423 (1999)

Morris Wesley SOWARD, Appellant (Defendant Below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff Below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Stewart, Jr., Crown Point, Indiana, Attorney for Appellant.

Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General of Indiana, Arthur Thaddeus Perry, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellee.

BOEHM, Justice.

Morris Soward was convicted of the murder of Jerry Ragland and sentenced to fifty-five years imprisonment. In this direct appeal Soward raises one issue for our review: whether the evidence was sufficient to support his conviction.

Factual and Procedural Background

In the early morning hours of September 28, 1997, Ragland and a friend went to the house Murdock Bowens shared with Lyle Holley in Gary. Soward was present when they arrived...

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