Price v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a denial of post-conviction relief,. Appellant was convicted of murder in a jury trial; he received a forty-year sentence. This Court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal in Price v. State (1980), 274 Ind. 479, 412 N.E.2d 783.

Appellant raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether he had effective assistance of appellate counsel; and (2) whether he had effective assistance of trial counsel.

These are the facts pertinent to the appeal. On July 29, 1983, the post-conviction court held an evidentiary hearing on the petition for post-conviction relief. The…