Crank v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
BUCHANAN, Judge.
CASE SUMMARY
Petitioner-appellant William Eugene Crank (Crank) appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief,1 claiming that the trial court erred in ordering Crank to be tried and sentenced in absentia, and holding that Crank had waived his right to a direct appeal because of his absence from the jurisdiction.
*1357We remand to the trial court for correction of the sentence imposed upon the habitual offender count.
Otherwise, the judgment is affirmed.
FACTS
On September 30, 1980, Crank was charged with battery with a deadly weapon, a class C felony,2 and battery…
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- State v. KoopmansCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1996
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