James R. Pierce v. State Indiana

On October 1, 1976, appellant Lofton was convicted on four counts at the Conclusion of a jury trial in Floyd Circuit Court: second degree murder, first degree arson, commission of a felony while armed, and assault and battery with intent to kill. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, five to twenty years imprisonment, twenty-one years imprisonment and two to fourteen years imprisonment, respectively, for the four crimes.