Gann v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

Two separate cases were originally filed in this cause; however, on October 16, 1978, by stipulation of the parties, the two cases were consolidated in a nunc pro tune order dating back to November 6, 1972.

This is an appeal from the denial of appellant's second petition for post-conviction relief. In May of 1973, a jury trial resulted in the conviction of appellant of the murders of Jimmy and Brenda Powers, for which appellant received two concurrent life sentences. The original convictions were appealed to this Court and affirmed. Gann v. State (1975), 263 Ind. 297, 330 N.E.2d…