Evans v. State

— Petitioner-appellant (Evans) appeals from a denial of his Petition for Post-Conviction Relief, Ind. Rules of Procedure, P.C. 1, contesting the validity of his sentence.

We affirm.

On January 21, 1969, Evans was convicted of robbery, IC 1971, 85-18-4-6, Ind. Ann. Stat. §10-4101 (Burns 1956), following a trial by jury, and was sentenced on January 30, 1969, to a period of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five years at the Indiana State Reformatory.

Evans filed a Petition for Post-Conviction Relief on July 19, 1972, attacking his sentence on constitutional and statutory grounds. Thereafter,…