Wright v. State

658 N.E.2d 563 (1995)

Jessie Lee WRIGHT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 45S03-9504-CR-418.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

November 17, 1995.

Nathaniel Ruff, Appellate Public Defender, Crown Point, for Appellant.

Pamela Carter, Attorney General, Dana A. Childress-Jones, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellee.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

In a prosecution for murder, a jury convicted Jessie Lee Wright of Reckless Homicide.[1] The trial court sentenced Wright to eight years in prison. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals reversed Wright's conviction on the ground…