Hollon v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

Defendant, Michael Allen Hollon, was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, Ind.Code 35-1-54-1 (Burns 1975), and sentenced to life imprisonment. He now appeals raising the following issues:

1) Whether the trial court erred in refusing defendant’s tendered instruction regarding insanity;

2) Whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence fingerprints which were obtained eight days after the crime was committed;

3) Whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain defendant’s conviction for second degree murder; and

4) Whether defendant was denied effective…