Bell v. State

RATLIFF, Presiding Judge.

ISSUE

This case presents the question of whether or not a criminal defendant may maintain a post-conviction remedy petition under Indiana Rules of Procedure, Post Conviction Remedy Rule No. 1, based upon grounds which either were presented or could have been presented in a coram no-bis proceeding unsuccessfully brought by the petitioner some twenty years earlier and from which no appeal was taken. We hold he may not and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS

John E. Bell was charged with vehicle taking and conspiracy to commit a felony by affidavit filed April 3,…