Henson v. State

HUNTER, Justice.

The petitioner, Frank Dewayne Henson, is before this Court appealing from the denial of his petition for relief under Post-Conviction Relief, Rule 1. He was convicted by a jury of kidnapping and second-degree murder and was sentenced to terms of life and fifteen to twenty-five years respectively. His conviction was affirmed by this Court in Henson v. State, (1976) 265 Ind. 233, 352 N.E.2d 746. He now raises two issues in this petition.

1. Whether he was denied the effective assistance of counsel; and

2. Whether the state’s instruction No. 17 was so prejudicial that it denied him…