People v. Sprinkle

A singularly gruesome, vicious act of mayhem.

Jury verdict of guilty to attempted murder, sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment and a *5,000 fine.

We affirm across the board.

Bruce Sprinkle was charged with the offense of attempted murder. This is the way the events unfolded at the jury trial:

Douglas Kettering, a Rushville farmer, testified that at approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 7, 1978, he received a telephone call from his neighbor, Leola Ward, who asked him to help a pickup truck that had slid into a ditch near her home. Kettering agreed to help and drove to the disabled truck through the bitter…