Ferry v. State

GIVAN, Chief Judge.

Appellant was charged with knowing or intentional murder, as defined in L.C. § 85-42-1-1(1) [Burns 1979 Repl.], and felony murder, as defined in LC. § 85-42-1-1(2) [Burns 1979 Repl.]. He was found guilty by a jury on both counts. The court imposed a sentence of fifty-eight years on Count I only.

The facts are these. Appellant and two accomplices, Tom Urean and Rocco Lupino, planned to rob a wholesale jewelry salesman, the decedent, one Giovanni Macaddi-no. Urcan was the owner of a jewelry store in Dyer and was expecting Macaddino to visit the store on the evening of May 9,…