Jackson v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of post conviction relief, the petitioner (appellant) having been convicted in 1971 of robbery and of inflicting injury in the commission of a robbery. His direct appeal to this Court resulted in an affirmance by a unanimous court in our opinion authored by Justice DeBruler and found at 260 Ind. 61, 291 N.E.2d 892.

ISSUES

The issues presented to this Court concern (1) competency of counsel and (2) newly discovered evidence.

Section 5 of our Post Conviction Rule 1 places the burden upon the petitioner to establish his grounds for relief by a preponderance of the…