Woodford v. State

544 N.E.2d 1355 (1989)

Norman A. WOODFORD, Appellant (Defendant below),

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

No. 49S00-8710-PC-00902.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 17, 1989.

J. Richard Kiefer, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Mary Dreyer, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Norman Woodford and an accomplice robbed a Hook's drug store in Indianapolis. During the robbery, an Indianapolis police officer and Woodford's accomplice engaged in a gun battle. Both were killed. Subsequently, in November 1976, Woodford pled…