Peters v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Fred Peters was found guilty of Murder, a felony, by a jury in the Marion County Superior Court on December 15, 1982. On January 4, 1983, the Honorable Charles C. Daugherty sentenced Appellant to a term of sixty (60) years to the Indiana Department of Corree-tions. Appellant now directly appeals and raises the following three issues for our review:

1) error of the trial court in determining the competency of a witness;

2) error of the trial court in denying a motion for continuance; and

8) sufficiency of the evidence.

During the evening of February 16, 1982,…