Rector v. State

339 N.E.2d 551 (1976)

Joe RECTOR, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

No. 174S32.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

January 5, 1976.

Lawrence O. Sells, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Robert F. Colker, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

ARTERBURN, Justice.

This is an appeal from denial of a petition for postconviction relief. The Appellant was convicted of kidnapping, Ind. Code § 35-1-55-1, Burns § 10-2901 (1956), on September 24, 1969, and sentenced to life imprisonment. A Motion for New Trial which was overruled on November 21, 1969, was appealed and affirmed by this court.…