Coffelt v. State

Donald D. Coffelt was tried by court and convicted of involuntary manslaughter on September 28, 1972. 1 He was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Corrections for a period of not less than one [1] year nor more than ten [10] years. Coffelt timely filed his motion to correct errors which raises only one issue on appeal: sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction.

When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, this Court cannot weigh the evidence nor determine the credibility of the witnesses. Walker v. State (1973), 155 Ind. App. 404, 293 N.E.2d 35; Smith v. State (1970), 254…