Stiles v. State

Defendant-appellant (Stiles, hereafter) was convicted of rape by a jury on March 9, 1972. Thereafter a petition for examination as a possible criminal sexual deviant (CSD) was filed on behalf of Stiles by his brother. The Hendricks Circuit Court denied the petition, as well as a motion for continuance of sentencing. On March 27, 1972, as the result of an original action in the Indiana Supreme Court by Stiles, the trial court was ordered orally not to impose sentence. In a subsequent opinion the Supreme Court directed the court to sentence Stiles but to stay execution of the sentence pending…