Baum v. State

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed by this Court. Baum v. State, (1976) 264 Ind. 421, 345 N.E.2d 831. Appellant then filed a petition for post-conviction relief. This appeal is taken from the trial court’s denial of that relief.

Appellant claims the trial court erred at his original trial in failing to conduct a hearing on his competency to stand trial. Rule PC. 1, § 8, reads in part as follows:

“Any ground finally adjudicated on the merits or not so raised and knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waived in the…