Chinn v. Indiana

GIVAN, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of Conspiracy to Commit Murder, a Class A felony, and Murder. The court sentenced appellant to consecutive terms of fifty (50) years and sixty (60) years.

The facts are: Around June 15, 1984, Ronald Fulton was at the Franklin Bowling Lanes in Evansville having drinks with his girl friend when appellant, his wife, and Donna Stites, her daughter, came into the bar and an argument ensued. The bartender overheard appellant and Stites state that they would have a “contract” out on Fulton by morning.

After that evening, appellant and Fulton resumed a…