Callahan v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in appellant's convietion of Murder, for which he received a sentence of fifty (50) years, and a second count of Murder, for which he received a sentence of fifty (50) years, his sentences to be served consecutively.

At about noon on March 15, 1982, Pauline Vandivier called the minister of her church and told him that someone had tried to steal her automobile from her home in rural Johnson County. At approximately the same time, a neighbor saw Pauline's husband Harold driving toward their home.

Shortly before 1:80 p.m. on March 15 another neighbor drove past…