Guenthensperger v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of Murder, for which he received a sixty (60) year sentence.

The facts are: Appellant and his wife, Diana, the victim in this case, lived in North Vernon, Indiana with their two children. They had separated in 1983 but reconciled and remained married until Diana’s death.

Prior to Diana’s death, appellant learned that his girlfriend, Jill Cann, with whom he had been having an affair, was pregnant with his child. It was only then that Cann learned that appellant had not divorced his wife and became upset. Appellant told Cann that…