Legal Opinion

Montano v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 27, 1995No. 45A04-9408-PC-335PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Bruno Montano appeals from the denial of his Ind.Post-Convietion Rule 1 Petition for Post-Conviction Relief,

We affirm.

ISSUES

Montano presents five issues for our review which we consolidate and rephrase as:

1. Did the post-conviction court err when it denied Montano relief based on fundamental error and ineffective assistance of counsel?

2. Did the trial court err when it sentenced Montano?

FACTS

On June 22, 1982, Montano killed his mother and six-year-old niece by striking them with a heavy metal wrench, A jury found him guilty but mentally ill of…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Medina v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Burris v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Baird v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Wallace v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Cooper v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Moody v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. Catt v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  4. Cossel v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. Wilkerson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2000

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