Hawkins v. State

KITCHENS, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Glenn Wane Hawkins was convicted by a jury of murdering his girlfriend, Rita Fair, and given a mandatory life sentence. Hawkins timely filed this direct appeal, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction. Hawkins also raises issues regarding a jury instruction which outlined the distinctions between depraved heart murder and culpable negligence manslaughter. Finding no error, we affirm his conviction and sentence.

Facts

¶ 2. In the early morning hours of August 16, 2007, Deputy Sheriff John Bishop of Monroe County was dispatched to…