CRAIN v. STATE

No. 29S00-9803-CR-180.

736 N.E.2d 1223 (2000)

Herschel S. CRAIN, Jr. Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Benner, Richards, Boje, Pickering, Benner & Becker, Noblesville, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General of Indiana, Janet Brown Mallett, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellee.


SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Herschel Crain was convicted of beating and killing his wife after confessing that he killed her two years earlier and then buried her body. He appeals claiming that there was insufficient evidence to support his murder conviction. He also challenges several rulings by the trial court, including one that allowed the prosecutor to use the victim's skull as evidence, in addition to challenging...

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