Reid v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

Following a jury trial, Petitioner (Appellant) was convicted of second degree murder, Ind. Code § 85-1-54-1 (Burns Code Ed., 1975) and sentenced to life imprison, ment. This Court affirmed the conviction. See Reid v. State (1978), 267 Ind. 555, 372 N.E.2d 1149.

Subsequently, Petitioner filed several pleadings, one of which was styled a "Motion to Correct Erroneous Sentence," which the trial court below apparently, and properly, considered as a petition for post-conviction relief under Ind. Rules of Procedure, Post Conviction Rule 1. See, P.C.R. 1, §§ 1(a)(8), 1(a)(6). The…