Ford v. State

CONOVER, Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant James R. Ford (Ford) appeals the Whitley Superior Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief.

We affirm.

This appeal presents the following restated issues:

1. whether the trial court’s failure to formally accept Ford’s guilty plea and enter formal judgment denied him due process of law,

2. whether the post-conviction court’s failure to find a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver of post-conviction counsel by Ford was error, and

8. whether he was denied due process because the post-conviction court failed to forward his pro se…