Hill v. State

SHEPARD, Justice.

Geraldine Hill was convicted of murder, Ind. Code § 35-42-1-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.) and sentenced to thirty-one years in prison. This direct appeal presents five issues:(1) Whether contradictory and inconsistent statements of two eyewitnesses renders their testimony inherently unreliable and insufficient to sustain a conviction;(2) Whether the State met its burden of disproving the theory of self-defense;(3) Whether the cumulative effect of prosecutorial misconduct denied appellant a fair and impartial trial;(4) Whether references to Hill's lack of a license to carry the gun she…