Brown v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of two counts of Murder. On one count he received forty (40) years enhanced by twenty (20) years, and on the other count, he received a forty (40) year sentence, the sentences to run consecutively.

The facts are: Yvonne Bostic, one of the victims in this case, resided with Flora Hughes in Gary. Yvonne resided in the upper level of the home with her eight year-old son James and her fourteen-month-old daughter LaDonna. Flora and her two children resided in the basement of the house. A large hole in the floor enabled the women to…