Darby v. State

514 N.E.2d 1049 (1987)

Joy Lynn DARBY, Appellant (Defendant below),

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

No. 48S00-8601-CR-73.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

November 6, 1987.

William D. McCarty, Anderson, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Joseph N. Stevenson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Joy Lynn Darby directly appeals from a verdict of guilty, but mentally ill, of Voluntary Manslaughter, class B felony, as an included offense of the charged crime of Murder. She was sentenced to twenty (20) years imprisonment. We address seven…