Owens v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

Curtis Owens pled guilty to one count of murder, Ind.Code § 35 — 42-1-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.), two counts of armed robbery, Ind. Code § 35 — 42-5-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.), and one count of attempted robbery, Id., and Ind.Code § 35^1-5-1 (Burns 1979 Repl.). The trial court accepted his plea and sen tenced him to concurrent terms of forty years, ten years, ten years, and thirty years, respectively. In his direct appeal, he challenges the validity of his guilty plea through interrelated and overlapping allegations of error:

1. Whether the trial court erred when it refused to permit…