Riner v. State

PIYARNIK, Justice.

The defendant-appellant, and his uncle, Wayne Evans, were indicted for first-degree murder in the death of Edward M. Gibson, on August 10, 1970, in Hendricks County, Indiana. The cause was transferred on motion for change of venue to the Morgan Circuit Court where both defendants were tried by jury, found guilty, and sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for life. Riner was a sixteen-year-old juvenile at the time of his trial. This Court affirmed the convictions, Riner v. State, (1972) 258 Ind. 428, 281 N.E.2d 815. Appellant subsequently filed a pro se “petition for writ of…