Lindley v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The petitioner, Larry Lee Lindley, is before this Court appealing from the denial of his petition for relief under Post-Conviction Relief, Rule 1. He was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder and was sentenced to a term of fifteen to twenty-five years in prison. His conviction was affirmed by this Court in Lindley v. State, (1978) 268 Ind. 83, 373 N.E.2d 886. He now raises four issues in this petition:

1. Whether the state is denied the defense of waiver on the issues raised by this petition since they only filed an answer in general denial without specifically asserting…