Zickefoose v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Roger Zickefoose, was convicted by a jury of attempted murder, Ind.Code § 35-41-5-1 (Burns Supp.1978). He was sentenced to forty years and now raises several arguments all related to the issue of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

The facts from the record most favorable to the state show that the victim, Lorena Sue Sargent, was beaten, stabbed, and knocked unconscious on the night of November 8, 1977. Early that evening, she was standing outside a White Castle restaurant in Indianapolis when defendant stopped and asked her if she needed…