Smith v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
STATON, Judge.
Erwin H. Smith appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, raising two issues for our review:
I. Whether Smith’s claims for post-conviction relief were barred by the erroneous application of the doctrine of laches.
II.Whether Smith knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered his plea of guilty.
We reverse.
On May 15, 1978, Erwin H. Smith was charged by information with burglary and theft arising out of incidents alleged to have occurred on May 12, 1978. Smith was finally apprehended in 1983, and on August 26, 1983 he pled guilty to two counts of theft, for…
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