Hansbrough v. State

Appellant with three others was charged by indictment in two counts in the Johnson Circuit Court with murder in the first degree in the commission of a robbery, and murder in the first degree. One of the defendants entered a plea of guilty to the first count in the Johnson Circuit Court and was sentenced to prison for life. Upon a proper motion the venue of the cause was afterwards changed to the Bartholomew Circuit Court as to the three remaining defendants. Upon trial by jury in that court the remaining defendants were found guilty and given a life sentence in the State Prison on November…