McChristion v. Indiana

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Boyd McChristion was accused of participating in a robbery and shoot-out at the Concannon Cleaners in Indianapolis on July 29,1975. He was convicted after a jury trial of commission of a felony while armed and inflicting physical injury while in the commission of robbery. McChristion was sentenced to life imprisonment. This Court affirmed those convictions on direct appeal. McChristian v. State (1979), 272 Ind. 57, 396 N.E.2d 356. He subsequently filed a petition for post-conviction relief and now appeals its denial.

McChristion argues that equal protection…