Boyking v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant, Michelle L. Boyking, was tried by jury and found guilty of second degree murder. Ind.Code § 35-13-4-1 (Burns 1975). She received a life sentence. On appeal she presents two issues:(1) whether the evidence of the elements of purpose and malice was sufficient; and(2) whether the evidence negating her claim of self-defense was sufficient.

Appellant, a woman, twenty-four years of age, admitted in a statement to police that she shot and killed Jimmy Glaspie in the early morning hours of January 27, 1977, while the two were seated in his car in a park in South Bend.…