West v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

The petitioner-appellant, Lawrence N. West, is before this Court appealing from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. He was charged initially with two counts of sodomy, two counts of rape while armed, two counts of rape, three counts of first-degree burglary, one count of robbery, and one count of attempt to commit rape while armed. Appellant pleaded guilty to all of these counts, including the offense at issue, attempt to commit rape while armed, Ind. Code § 35-12-1-1 (Burns 1971). Several counts were dismissed by the prosecutor in exchange for appellant's…