Hopkins v. State

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was charged with Murder as defined in I.C. 35-42-1-1 [Burns’ 1979]. He was convicted by a jury. He was sentenced to a sixty (60) year term of imprisonment.

The record shows the following facts. On June 9, 1979, appellant and two companions drove from Fort Wayne to Hammond to participate in an alleged insurance fraud scheme with one Kenneth Lewellen, a barbershop owner in Hammond. Upon arriving at Lewellen’s shop, and after all the customers had left, appellant and one of his companions entered the shop. The third member of the trio, one Thomas Mullins, waited…