Miller v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

A jury trial resulted in a conviction of appellant for Murder for which he received a sentence of life imprisonment.

The facts are: On June 1, 1977, appellant shot and killed Oscar Evans at the Yankee-town Docks Corporation in Warrick County,- Indiana, where both of them worked. Appellant apparently entertained the idea that the decedent was having an affair with his wife which led to the shooting.

Following the shooting, appellant immediately turned himself into the Warrick County jail where, after being read his Miranda rights, he stated that he had shot Evans and the gun he…