[DOWNLOAD] "Wheeler v. State Indiana" by Court of Appeals of Indiana * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Wheeler v. State Indiana
- Author : Court of Appeals of Indiana
- Release Date : January 18, 1970
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Evidence introduced at the trial indicates that on February 4, 1967, the decedent, Zula Fletcher, was driven home by her son after an evening spent visiting friends. He let her out of his car and waited to see if her third-floor apartment light would come on, signifying she had entered safely. Her light never came on. Two of the decedents neighbors heard a scream. One of them, Harriett Thornburg, went downstairs to ask her niece if she had screamed, and while talking to her niece, she saw defendant going down the stairs. Her niece also saw the defendant leaving the apartment building. Both identified the defendant at trial. They went upstairs to the third floor where the decedent lived and were looking around when Mr. Fletcher, the decedents son, came upstairs and found his mother in her apartment with her head bashed in. There were pry marks on Mrs. Fletchers door and wood splinters on the floor. Her apartment had been ransacked, there was a pool of blood on the floor, and her broken glasses were lying on the floor. Defendant was arrested a few hours later, after an attempt to escape being arrested. Defendants clothing contained blood spots of the same type as Zula Fletchers but of a type different than his own. Defendants shoe sole contained a sliver of glass which was testified to as having come from the broken glasses of the decedent.