Boone v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

Petitioner (Appellant) was convicted of three counts of Kidnapping, Ind.Code § 85-1-55-1 (Burns 1975), and one count of Rape, Ind.Code § 85-13-4-8 (Burns 1975), and was sentenced to life imprisonment upon each of the Kidnapping convictions and to twenty-one (21) years imprisonment upon the Rape conviction. On direct appeal, this Court affirmed. Boone v. State, (1978) 267 Ind. 493, 371 N.E.2d 708. This appeal from the denial of post conviction relief presents the following issues:(1) Whether Petitioner was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney…