Cottingham v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Appellant Cottingham was convicted of armed robbery in the Allen Superior Court and was sentenced to twenty-five (25) years in prison on March 16, 1973. Upon appeal to this Court, his conviction was affirmed. Cottingham v. State, (1973) 261 Ind. 346, 303 N.E.2d 268. After filing a petition for post-conviction relief, appellant was allowed to file a belated motion to correct errors. Cottingham v. State, (1977) 266 Ind. 64, 360 N.E.2d 189. The denial of his petition, which had alleged incompetency of counsel, was affirmed in Cottingham v. State, (1978) 269 Ind. 261, 379 N.E.2d…