Splunge v. State

GIVAN, Justice.

In August of 1986, appellant was convicted of Murder and Robbery. He received a sentence of sixty (60) years. The conviction was appealed to this Court and affirmed. Splunge v. State (1988), Ind., 526 N.E.2d 977, cert. denied, (1989), 490 U.S. 1110, 109 S.Ct. 3165, 104 LEd.2d 1028.

In February of 1991, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana granted appellant's writ of habeas corpus. That decision was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals. Splunge v. Clark (7th Cir.1992), 960 F.2d 705. A second trial was held in January of 1993; however,…