Cooper v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Charles Cooper was charged with one count of Murder, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-42-1-1(1) (West Supp.1997). The jury found Cooper guilty of Murder, and the trial judge sentenced him to a term of sixty years. Cooper appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm.

Facts

On the night of April 20, 1995, Cooper, along with James McBride, Sean Dixon, Mike D’Angelo and Lance Debouse, went to a party at a hotel in Terre Haute. After-wards, they drove around in McBride’s mother’s car. They stopped at Cooper’s residence, where he showed them a revolver that belonged to his brother. When…