Parks v. State

HOFFMAN, Presiding Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Ronald Parks brings this appeal from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief.

The facts relevant to the appeal disclose that on August 8, 1974, Parks and a co-defendant, James Edward Smith, were indicted for murder in the perpetration of a robbery and for murder in the first degree. On March 18, 1975, Smith entered into a plea agreement with the State and was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 15-25 years. Parks proceeded to trial in March 1975. The jury returned verdicts of guilty to murder in the perpetration of a…