Adams v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief. In 1968, appellant was found guilty of First Degree Murder and was sentenced to death. This Court on appeal affirmed the conviction but on rehearing reduced his sentence to life imprisonment. Adams v. State (1971), 259 Ind. 64, 271 N.E.2d 425, reh'g granted (1972), 259 Ind. 164, 284 N.E.2d 757.

Subsequently, appellant filed a pro se petition which he designated as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the LaPorte Circuit Court. However, that court transferred the case to Grant County for post-conviction relief. A…