Butler v. State

ON DIRECT APPEAL

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant was found guilty in the Clark County Cireuit Court of Voluntary Manslaughter 1 and Murder 2 in a jury trial. The trial court sentenced appellant to thirty years on the Voluntary Manslaughter conviction and sixty years on the Murder conviction. The sentences are to be served consecutively for a total of ninety years. This is a direct appeal. Ind. Appellate Rule 4(A)(7).

A jury found appellant guilty of murder for killing Pam Agee and guilty of voluntary manslaughter for killing Leta Dains. Appellant claims that his convictions should be reversed and a…