Dinning v. State

256 Ind. 399 (1971)

269 N.E.2d 371

WILLIAM DINNING

v.

STATE OF INDIANA.

No. 870S191.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed May 11, 1971.

Rehearing denied August 3, 1971.

Charles W. Vincent, of Terre Haute, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Attorney General, William F. Thompson, Assistant Attorney General, R. Michael Bruney, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.

GIVAN, J.

Appellant was charged with first degree murder. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty as charged, after which the appellant was sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for life.

The record discloses the following facts:

In early…