Rogers v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is a direct appeal following convietion by a jury of attempted murder, a class A felony, for which appellant received a thirty year sentence.

The issues presented on appeal are: (1) whether the trial court erred by permitting a jury instruction on motive; and (2) whether there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction for attempted murder, which is separated into three arguments.

These are the facts from the record which tend to support the determination of guilt: Marjorie Blaugh worked as a cashier at G.C. Murphy's in Fort Wayne. On December 20, 1984, a man…