Pointon v. State

372 N.E.2d 1159 (1978)

Joseph B. POINTON, Jr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 676S182.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

February 21, 1978.

J. Patrick Smith, Phyliss A. Benn, LaPorte, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., David T. O'Malia, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to an indeterminate term of 15 to 25 years. The record discloses that the body of Darlene Lausman was found lying on the edge of a cornfield. She had been stabbed approximately 69 times. Investigators discovered tire marks…