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- Title: Bessie May Spinks v. State Indiana
- Author : Supreme Court of Indiana No. 881 S 220
- Release Date : January 23, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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PIVARNIK, J. Appellant Bessie Spinks was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, Ind. Code § 35-42-1-3 (Burns 1979), in a court trial by the Marion County Superior Court, Criminal Division II, on December 16, 1980. She was thereafter sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. Appellant now directly appeals and raises the following four issues: (1) Whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain Appellant's conviction. (2) Whether the trial court's verdict is contrary to law. (3) Whether the trial court erred in not granting Appellant's pro se request to have the court dismiss her personally retained counsel and appoint a public defender for her. (4) Whether the trial court erred in sentencing Appellant to fifteen years without enumerating reasons for aggravating Appellant's sentence beyond the criminal code's presumptive ten year term.