Inge v. Commonwealth

Earl David Inge, defendant, was tried by a jury on an indictment charging him with the murder of Clifford Michael Smith. Inge was found guilty of murder of the first degree and by final judgment entered on the jury verdict was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State penitentiary. On appeal he has assigned numerous errors challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and certain rulings of the trial court.

The record shows that Smith, a student at Lynchburg Baptist College, resided with his wife and two infant sons in a ground floor apartment of the Greenwood Apartments, located on Sandusky…