Thompson v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, James Thompson, was convicted by a jury of felony murder, Ind. Code § 35-42-1-1(2) (Burns 1979 Repl.) and was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction for a term of fifty years. He raises the single issue of the sufficiency of the evidence in this direct appeal.

A brief summary of the facts from the record most favorable to the state shows that defendant and two friends, Gary Burris and Emmett Merriweather, were playing pool and talking at the M & J Social Club in Indianapolis on the evening of January 29, 1980. They asked an employee to call a cab for…