Stroud v. State

SHARPNACK, Judge.

Mitchell Stroud appeals the court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief (PCR). We affirm.

Stroud presents two issues for our review, which we restate as:(1) Whether Stroud was denied effective assistance of counsel.(2) Whether the trial court erred by permitting into evidence testimony regarding the show-up identification of Stroud.

The facts most favorable to the judgment are set out in Stroud v. State (1979), 272 Ind. 12, 395 N.E.2d 770 as follows:

On April 3, 1978, Paul Chapman and the decedent Daniel Norris were hitch hiking in the city of Fort Wayne when they…