Minnick v. State

ON APPEAL FROM DENIAL OF POST-CONVICTION RELIEF JULY 13, 1998.

DICKSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief. In the defendant’s first trial, he was found guilty of murder, robbery, and rape, and the jury recommended the death penalty. The trial court agreed and ordered a death sentence. On appeal, the judgment was reversed and remanded *750for new trial. Minnick v. State, 467 N.E.2d 754 (Ind.1984), cert. denied, 472 U.S. 1032, 105 S.Ct. 3512, 87 L.Ed.2d 642 (1985) (“Minnick I”). Upon retrial, the defendant was again found guilty of murder, robbery, and rape, but the…