Fox v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of Murder for which he was sentenced for forty (40) years.

The facts are: On March 29, 1986, appellant and his girl friend Joyce Beyers, the victim, arrived at Steven Manlief's home to prepare a boat for an outing on Hardy Lake in Scott County, Indiana. After Man-lief showed appellant and Joyce Beyers how to operate the boat, he left to pick up his date to go boating with appellant and Beyers. However, upon their arrival at the lake, Manlief's date indicated she was afraid of the water and did not wish to go boating.…