Carroll v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

Petitioner, Melon Carroll, was convicted in a bench trial of kidnapping, Burns Ind.Stat.Ann. § 10-2901 (1956 Repl.), Ind.Code § 35-1-55-1 (Burns Supp.1973), and rape, Burns Ind.Stat.Ann. § 10-4201 (1956 Repl.), Ind.Code § 35-13-4-3 (Burns Supp.1973), on December 19, 1973, and sentenced to life imprisonment and two to twenty-one years’ imprisonment respectively on January 11, 1974. Petitioner filed a motion for correction of sentence on January 23, 1979, which was denominated and treated as a petition for postconviction relief. Ind.R.P.C. 1. Petitioner now appeals the denial of…