Collins v. State

NEAL, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant James Collins (Collins) was convicted in the Vigo Circuit Court of voluntary manslaughter, a Class B felony under Ind.Code 35-42-1-3 (Supp. 1979). Thereupon, the trial court imposed the standard sentence of ten years imprisonment. Collins appeals.

We affirm.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

The evidence most favorable to the verdict discloses that around midnight on October 28-29, 1979, Collins and a female companion, Diane Dowell (Dowell), entered the Purple Jester Cocktail Lounge in the Best Western Motel on South 3rd Street in Terre Haute, Indiana. Upon being…