Sholes v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

Seeking to bring a belated appeal pursuant to Indiana Post-Conviction Rule 2, the defendant David Sholes challenges the sentences for his 1997 convictions for the August 6, 1996, murders of Charley Neal, John Swan II, and Fred Griffith, and the attempted murder of James Mitchell. 1 Facing these charges and the State’s request for the death penalty, the defendant pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement calling for a sentence of life without parole 2 for the murder of Swan, a fireman, but without agreed sentences as to the remaining counts. The trial court sentenced the…