Heglin v. State

Appellant was convicted of an attempted first degree murder. The affidavit upon which the conviction was based reads as follows:

“. . . did then and there unlawfully, feloniously, purposely and with premeditated malice, . . . unlawfully shoot at . . . and thereby wound one Charles Kristute . . . with intent then and there . . . feloniously, purposely, and with premeditated malice, to kill said Charles Kristute, . . .”

He was found “guilty as charged.” The shooting was admitted. The defense was that the appellant, a uniformed Brink’s guard, while performing his duties guarding a shipment during…