Wall v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

On August 3, 1989, appellant pled guilty but mentally ill to a murder charge. He was sentenced to forty (40) years enhanced by twenty (20) years for aggravating circumstances.

The facts are: In January of 1989, appellant and John Velasquez planned to burglarize the home of Eldon Anson in Hunt ington County. The purpose of the burglary was to steal guns. Appellant disliked Anson because he believed Anson was a homosexual drug abuser who might have been responsible for his uncle developing Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

On the night of February 8, 1989, appellant went…