McKinney v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of Attempted Murder, a Class A felony, for which he received an enhanced sentence of forty (40) years.

The facts are: On April 22, 1986, the victim, David Abram, was driving his automobile in Gary. At an intersection, he saw an acquaintance, Eddie Lipsco, and stopped to converse with him. Suddenly the appellant ran up to the victim's automobile and started shooting at the victim. As he shot, he said, "Well, poor Dave you know you got to die."

As appellant fired shots, the victim lay down on the seat of the car, which allowed…