Kissinger v. State

Appellant (Kissinger) brings this appeal as the culmination of a protracted series of motions, petitions and requests, most of them pro se, seeking review of his safe burglary conviction. The pertinent facts, although not easily discernible in the record, establish the following:

Kissinger, in 1968, was convicted of safe burglary following a trial by jury. In a direct appeal alleging insufficiency of the evidence, the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. Kissinger v. State (1970), 255 Ind. 283, 263 N.E.2d 646.

A Post-Conviction Remedy petition was filed pursuant to P.C. Rule 1 in May,…