Henry v. State

Case Summary and Facts

Buchanan, P.J.

— Defendant-Appellant, John Henry, Jr. (Henry), was convicted of robbery on October 17, 1966, and thereafter was sentenced to a term in the Indiana State Prison of ten (10) to twenty-five (25) years. A direct appeal was taken and the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed Henry’s conviction on December 8, 1969, in Cline et al. v. State (1969), 253 Ind. 264, 252 N.E.2d 793.

Henry filed a Petition for Post-Conviction Relief under Post-Conviction Remedy Rule 1 on March 17, 1970. He later amended the Petition on May 25, 1970, to add as an additional ground for relief…