Legal Opinion

Harshman v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1983No. 382S112Published

1Opinion of the Court

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant-petitioner, Thomas R. Harsh-man, was convicted .of murder upon his plea of guilty pursuant to a plea agreement and received a sentence of thirty years imprisonment. One year later he filed a petition for post-conviction relief seeking permission to withdraw his plea. The petition was denied. This is the appeal from that judgment.

The three contentions on appeal are that the post-conviction court was in error in concluding that:

1. defendant received the effective assistance of counsel leading up to his plea of guilty; that

2. defendant knowingly, voluntarily and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Magley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1975

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