Hoppe v. State

The defendant, Thomas F. Hoppe, was found guilty of murder in the second degree of Lynn Westbrook and the attempted first-degree murder of Mary Jans. Hoppe was sentenced to ten years for the attempted first-degree murder and twenty years for the second-degree murder, with the terms to be served consecutively.

On this appeal Hoppe contends that he was deprived of his constitutional right to a fair trial, because the trial judge improperly denied his motion for change of venue because of community prejudice, that there was insufficient credible evidence to support the convictions, that…