Pierce v. State

253 Ind. 650 (1970)

256 N.E.2d 557

PIERCE

v.

STATE OF INDIANA.

No. 168 S 12.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed April 1, 1970.

Rehearing denied May 14, 1970.

Lawrence Booram, of Anderson, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Attorney General and Kenneth M. McDermott, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.

ARTERBURN, J.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder in the Madison Circuit Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. We have heretofore granted appellant's petition for a belated appeal pursuant to our Rule P.C. 2, Section 2.

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