Legal Opinion

Hicks v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 25, 1980No. 479S109PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant, Sherman Hicks, was convicted by a jury of murder, Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1(1), in the shooting death of Harold Brewer and sentenced to prison for a period of forty years. He appeals contesting the sufficiency of evidence of guilt. In determining the question presented we do not weigh the evidence nor resolve questions of credibility but look to the evidence and reasonable inferences therefrom which support the verdict. Smith v. State, (1970) 254 Ind. 401, 260 N.E.2d 558. The conviction will be affirmed if from that viewpoint there is evidence of probative value from…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Glover v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Turner v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  4. Osbon v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1938
  5. Taylor v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1973

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Zollatz v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Weekley v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. Majors v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Boyd v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Morgan v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1981

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