Sanders v. State

This is an appeal by William Frederick Sanders from a judgment in the Allen Circuit Court convicting him of First Degree Murder. Trial was to a jury, and upon conviction appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Indiana State Prison.

The issues presented for review on appeal may be grouped as follows :

1. The verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence in that the State allegedly failed to prove premeditated malice.

2. The court erred in admitting into evidence certain written and oral statements made by appellant which were allegedly obtained in violation of his constitutional…