Johnson v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

The Petitioner (Appellant) pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to Murder, Ind.Code § 85-42-1-1(1) (Burns 1979), and was sentenced to fifty (50) years imprisonment. This direct appeal from denial of Petitioner's petition for post conviction relief presents three issues for review, one of which compels us to reverse the judgment of the trial court and to order his guilty plea vacated.

On August 22, 1978, Petitioner was charged by indictment, with the murder of Nancy Reese on August 17, 1978. Petitioner entered a plea of not guilty to the charge and later filed a…