New v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction for Second Degree Murder. Appellant herein was adjudged by jury in the Henry County Circuit Court and sentenced according to the statutory provisions.

A fair statement of the evidentiary facts indicates the following:

On the night of January 24, 1968, at approximately 11:45 p.m., the appellant and the deceased left work at the Chrysler Plant in New Castle, Indiana. They drove in deceased’s car to the home of the appellant’s grandmother where appellant picked up four beers which he had hidden on the back porch. After aimlessly driving around for awhile they…