Lilly v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant, Carl Lilly, was convicted by a Delaware County jury of murder. The trial court sentenced him to thir ty (80) years imprisonment. In this direct appeal, Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction.

The evidence presented to the jury is as follows. Appellant lived in a boarding house located at 219 East Gilbert Street in Muncie, Indiana. On J anuary 16, 1985, Appellant and his fellow tenants were conversing and drinking in a common hallway of the boarding house. Appellant offered to trim the hair of a friend, William…