Wesby v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of Felony Murder, for which he received a sentence of fifty (50) years.

The facts are: In early February of 1987, appellant's friend, Vincent Layne, asked him to procure a handgun. On February 9, 1987, appellant went to the Muncie, Indiana home of, 78-year-old Bessie Allen, his father's former girifriend, who had known appellant since early childhood. Believing Mrs. Allen kept a pistol concealed in her bedroom, appellant pried the sereen door open, entered the house, and proceeded to find a .22 caliber revolver in a bedroom…