Parsley v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of post conviction relief. The petitioner was convicted of inflicting injury in the commission of a robbery and was sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed by this Court on direct appeal. Parsley v. State, (1973) 261 Ind. 106, 300 N.E.2d 652.

The primary issues presented by the post conviction petition were (1) a claim that the petitioner was insane both at the time of the crime and at the time of trial, and (2) that he should have been discharged under Ind. R. Crim. P. 4(A). Additionally, the competence of both trial and appellate counsel,…