Dowdell v. State

James William Dowdell pleaded guilty to a robbery which occurred May 22, 1969. On August 21, 1969, Dowdell was sentenced to the Indiana State Reformatory for and indeterminate term of not less than ten (10) years nor more than twenty-five (25) years. Later on March 2, 1973, Dowdell filed a petition for post-conviction relief, asserting that his sentence was incorrect. The trial court corrected Dowdell’s sentence to a term of not less than ten (10) years nor more than twenty (20) years and denied the remainder of the petition. Dowdell’s motion to correct errors presents this sole issue:…