Thurman v. State

This appeal is taken from denial of a “Petition Under the Provisions of P.C. [Post-Conviction Rule] 1(a) (6) For Election of Treatment [as a drug abuser] Subsequent to Prosecution Pursuant to Burns’ 9-3918”.

Appellant Thurman had been convicted upon two counts of drug possession. He was sentenced December 4, 1972 and commenced serving his concurrent sentences immediately. Direct appeal from his convictions was taken. We affirmed the *577judgment in an opinion entered in 162 Ind. App. 267, 319 N.E. 2d 151 on November 27,1974.

Pending determination of his direct appeal and more than six months…