Stites v. State

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

Appellant-petitioner Donna K. Stites appeals the denial of her amended petition for post-conviction relief. We reverse.

Issues

Stites presents two issues for review, which we restate as follows:

I. Whether she has waived her claim that her sentence is ilegal; and

II. Whether the trial court erred in denying her amended petition for post-conviction relief.

Facts and Procedural History

Sometime between May 29 and June 4, 1984, Stites and her boyfriend Frank Dorsey conspired to lure Edgar Dutell to her Vanderburgh County apartment and rob him of drugs. When Dutell…