Brown v. State

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted in a trial by jury of murder in the second degree. Ind. Code §35-1-54-1, Burns §10-3404 (Supp. 1975). His appeal presents three issues:(1) Sufficiency of the evidence as to the cause of the decedent’s death.(2) Sufficiency of the evidence of intent and malice.(3) The admission into evidence of testimony given on direct examination by a State’s rebuttal witness, which testimony revealed the content of a self-incriminating statement given by the defendant following his arrest.

The evidence adduced at the trial and supporting the verdict of guilty disclosed the…