State v. Hernandez

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Steve Hernandez and the State both appeal determinations made by the trial court with respect to Hernandez's petition for post-conviction relief regarding convictions and sentences for two murders committed in 1975. Because these crimes were committed prior to the 1977 effective date of our state's current criminal sentencing code, resolution of the issues in this case requires the application of certain principles and terminology infrequently used today. On the most consequential of these, we hold that Indiana law in effect at the time of Hernandez's crimes dictated that he…