Howey v. State

Appellant Howey was convicted of the first degree murder of Ray Ratliff. At the conclusion of a jury trial in Marion Criminal Court, on June 21, 1976, appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The sole issue presented is sufficiency of the evidence. The evidence indicates that appellant and the victim, along with two female companions, spent the evening of October 29, 1975, in the Frosty Top Tavern in Indianapolis. All four left the tavern early in the morning of October 30, and went to the victim’s apartment. Shortly thereafter, the victim was bound and gagged by appellant and the two…