Davis v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

I.Introduction

In Ms post-conviction appeal, appellant Frank R. Davis alleges that ineffective assistance of counsel prompted him to plead guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. He also alleges his guilty plea was not intelligent or voluntary. The post-conviction court held otherwise, and we affirm.

II.Statement of the Facts

Davis was arrested following separate assaults on four teenaged boys in northern Indiana over a six-month period in 1983. The State’s evidence showed that he molested and attempted to murder one fifteen-year-old boy by…