Young v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a denial of a petition for post-conviction relief. P.C.R. 1. A jury tried the original charge. Appellant was convicted of first degree murder, I.C. § 35-18-4-1 (repealed). He received a sentence of life imprisonment. This Court affirmed his direct appeal in Young v. State (1977), 266 Ind. 557, 364 N.E.2d 1180.

On March 24, 1981, appellant filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief. On July 28, 1983, the trial court held a hearing on the petition. On September 9, 1983, the trial court denied the petition, and entered its findings of fact and…