State v. Fair

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the grant of post-conviction relief under Ind.RP.C.R. 1. The case history commences with the filing of a three-count indictment returned by the grand jury in St. Joseph County. Petitioner was charged with two counts of First Degree Murder and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Murder. After the case was venued to Porter County, petitioner was tried before a jury and found guilty on all three counts. The sentences imposed on the three counts were, respectively, death by electrocution, life imprisonment, and a term of imprisonment of two to fourteen…