Brown v. State

This matter is before us on appeal from the Marion County Criminal Court, Division One, upon the action of said court overruling Defendant’s (Appellant’s) Motion to Correct Errors following a denial of defendant’s petition for relief under Post-Conviction Rule 1. Two issues are presented and treated in the following order:

I. Did the defendant sustain his burén of proof to show that the evidence at his trial was insufficient to sustain a guilty verdict ?

II. Is a sentence of life imprisonment for second degree murder cruel and unusual punishment in that the same sentence is given for a guilty…