SMALL v. STATE

No. 981S254.

430 N.E.2d 1168 (1982)

Joyce Donetta SMALL, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Brinkmeyer, Evansville, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen. of Indiana, Stephan E. Wolter, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


HUNTER, Justice.

The defendant, Joyce Donetta Small, was convicted by a jury of murder. Ind. Code § 35-42-1-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.). She was sentenced to a term of forty years in the Department of Correction. In her direct appeal, she presents the following issue for our review: whether the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's conclusion that she was guilty of murder.

When this Court is called upon to review the sufficiency of the evidence, we neither...

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