Brewer v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted in a trial by jury of Murder, in that he knowingly or intentionally killed Stephen Skirpan. Ind. Code § 35-42-1-1 (Burns 1979). Following a sentencing hearing thereafter held before the same jury, it was determined that said murder was committed by Defendant while committing or attempting to commit a robbery, and a sentence of death was recommended and thereafter decreed by the court. Ind.Code § 35-50-2-9 (Burns .1979).

This direct appeal challenges both the legality of the defendant’s conviction and the legality of the sentence and…