Reid v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is a post-conviction action. Appellant, Harry Reid, in 1976 was convicted of second degree murder and is serving a life sentence. Evidence presented at trial showed that appellant, in a dispute over money, shot and killed one Walter Wesson, Jr.. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal in Reid v. State (1978), 267 Ind. 555, 372 N.E.2d 1149.

The jury charged with determining appellant's guilt or innocence received the following instruction:

"A person is presumed to intend the necessary or the natural and probable consequences of his actions knowingly performed."

Instruct…