Emory v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

After a trial by jury Stanford Emory was found guilty of attempted murder, a class A felony on August 17, 1979. He was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. He appeals.

He raises four allegations of error for our review concerning the granting of the State’s Motion in Limine and the giving of instructions.

Mary Ann Adams lived in Mt. Vernon, Posey County, Indiana, and knew Stanford Emory. She traded at the filling station where he worked. In January of 1979, he had changed a tire for her and followed her home with a hub cap he neglected to put on her car. On June 1,1979,…