Cox v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in a conviction of Murder. Appellant received a fifty (50) year sentence.

The facts are: On June 22, 1985, at approximately 11:00 p.m., appellant and other young people were gathered at the Super Shops, on Madison Avenue, in Indianapolis. Parking lots in the area are commonly used as a meeting place after business hours. Several people in the parking lot were playing frisbee when the victim, Jason Kurtz, drove through the lot and ran over the frisbee. An argument ensued between appellant and Kurtz during which some shoving occurred.

Kurtz then left the scene…