Pearson v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

On May 9, 1984, James Pearson was found guilty by a jury in the Superior Court of Lake County of Attempted Murder, a class A felony. He was committed to the Department of Corrections for a period of twenty (20) years. He appeals directly to this court raising two issues for our review but because of our disposition of the first issue, concerning sufficiency of the evidence, consideration of the second issue is unnecessary.

The facts show that on September 23, 1983, at about 7:80 p.m., John Thomas, the victim, went to visit his friend. Appellant Pearson arrived later. After…