Trueblood v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Joseph L. Trueblood pled guilty to three counts of murder. Ind.Code § 35-42-1-1(1) (West Supp.1991). The trial court sentenced him to death for these murders. We affirm.

In this direct appeal, Trueblood has raised two issues:

I. Whether the court erred in refusing to allow Trueblood to withdraw his guilty pleas, and

II. Whether the court failed to consider available mitigating circumstances and found an aggravating circumstance which was not supported by the evidence.

The facts most favorable to the judgment are as follows. Trueblood, a former boyfriend of Susan Bowsher,…