McMichel v. State

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Chief Judge.

Paul MceMichel appeals the denial of his post-conviction relief petition. We dismiss the appeal.

McMichel raises one issue on appeal, which we restate as whether the duly appointed judge pro tempore rendered a final appeal-able judgment following MecMichel's post-conviction hearing.

The facts show that on May 28, 1992, Judge Paula Lopossa, the regular judge of Marion Superior Court, Criminal Division One, appointed Master Commissioner Allen N. Smith, Jr., to serve as a judge pro tem-pore of her court "during [her] absence." Record, p. 163. On that same day, Smith…