McCollum v. State

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Michael Scott McCollum was found guilty by a judge of two counts of second degree murder. The court sentenced appellant to an indeterminate term of not less than fifteen (15) years nor more than twenty-five (25) years on Counts I and II, the sentences to run concurrently.

The evidence most favorable to the state reveals that on Friday afternoon, February 4, 1977, appellant called a friend and told him that appellant’s parents would be leaving town at midnight that evening. He told his friend that he could “borrow” his parents’ car without their permission. In fact the…