Legal Opinion
Gosnell v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 3, 1985No. 384S107PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIVAN, Chief Justice.
Appellant pled guilty to an indictment which charged him with Second Degree Murder. This Court affirmed the denial of his first petition for post-conviction relief in an opinion reported as Gosnell v. State (1982), Ind., 439 N.E.2d 1153. Appellant then filed a second petition for post-conviction relief. The petition was denied and this appeal ensued.
In 1969, while incarcerated in Georgia, appellant gave the FBI a statement concerning his involvement in the 1965 murder of his brother-in-law and sister-in-law. He admitted to killing the woman in her home by striking her on…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Laird v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1979
- Reynolds v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
- Jewell v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Owens v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986
- Tillman v. IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 1987
- Belcher v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1989
- Buchanan v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986
- Decker v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1990
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