Legal Opinion

Comstock v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 29, 1981No. 2-281A50PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MILLER, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Nick Comstock appeals the Jay Circuit Court’s denial of his “Petition for Post-Conviction Relief” from his 1975 conviction for second degree burglary. Comstock raises one issue for our consideration: Did the trial court err in denying his petition since there allegedly was an inadequate factual basis for accepting Comstock’s 1975 guilty plea pursuant to a plea bargain agreement?

We affirm for the reasons stated below.

FACTS

The uncontested facts derived from the appellate briefs and record of proceedings reveal that on May 19, 1975 Comstock, pursuant to a plea…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Watts v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Bowen v. SonnenburgIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
  4. United States Ex Rel. Raynard Dunn v. J. Leland Casscles, Superintendent, Comstock Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  5. Boles v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1973

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gibson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986
  2. State v. HagemannNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Patton v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984
  4. Cross v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. Patton v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984

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