Cornelius v. State

BAKER, Judge.

This appeal presents us with the narrow question of whether a motion under Ind.Trial Rule 60(B) may be used to circumvent the procedural requirements for see-ond and successive petitions for post-conviction relief contained in Ind.Post-Convietion Rule 1, § 12. We hold that it may not, and therefore affirm.

PROCEDURAL POSTURE

On February 20, 1980, the appellant, Daniel Cornelius, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for his conviction of one count of attempted rape 1 and two counts of criminal confinement. 2 Our supreme court affirmed his convictions on direct appeal in Cornelius…