Fugate v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

Appellant was tried by jury and convicted of Murder and Attempted Murder, a Class A Felony. The trial court sentenced appellant to sixty (60) years for murder, and forty (40) years for attempted murder, the sentences to run consecutively.

The facts are: On May 25, 1990, James Ison and Donnie Appel met appellant at the home of Cindy Cartwright to purchase some marijuana. The three of them discussed the price of the marijuana. At one point, appellant left the room and returned with a gun. Appellant pointed the gun at the two men and indicated that he was going to shoot them and…