Binkley v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

After two mistrials, appellant Jerome Binkley was tried a third time before a Van-derburgh County jury. Though the evidence was cireumstantial, he was convicted of murdering his friend Wayne Kemp. The court sentenced Binkley to the maximum sixty years for murder, and added thirty years because Kemp was found an habitual offender. Binkley now challenges his conviction on two grounds. First, he asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's verdict. Second, he challenges his sentence as manifestly unreasonable. We affirm.

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence

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