Lambert v. State

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

DICKSON, Justice.

Defendant Michael Lambert was convicted of criminal deviate conduct and rape, resulting in two concurrent 25-year sentences. In his direct appeal, this Court affirmed the conviction of criminal deviate conduct and reversed the conviction of rape. Lambert v. State (1987), Ind., 516 N.E.2d 16 (Givan, J. and Pivarnik, J. dissenting to reversal of rape conviction).

Among the issues presented by defendant’s petition for rehearing, we find merit in the contention that his conviction resulted from evidence erroneously admitted under the rule of Patterson v.…