Indiana Supreme Court November 18, 1977, 576S137 (Collins v. State)

Hunter, J.

The defendant, James W. Collins, was charged by way of indictment with first-degree murder. Trial was before a jury which returned a verdict finding the defendant

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guilty of second-degree murder. The defendant was sentenced to not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five years’ imprisonment. He appeals from this conviction raising the following issues:

1.