Johnson v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The petitioner, Thomas Arthur Johnson, is before this Court appealing from the denial of his petition for Post-Conviction Relief, Rule 1. On June 8, 1979, petitioner was convicted by a jury of murder. Ind. Code § 35—42-1—1(1) (Burns 1979 Repl.).

Petitioner presents the following issue for our review: whether he was denied the effective assistance of counsel and due process of law when a decision to reject a proposed plea agreement was allegedly made by his father.

We recognize at the outset that at the post-conviction relief hearing, petitioner bore the burden of proving the…