Baum v. State

GIVAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of appellant’s second post-conviction relief petition. In 1975, appellant was tried before a jury on a charge of First Degree Murder. He was found guilty of Second Degree Murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirmed his conviction on direct appeal Baum v. State (1976), 264 Ind. 421, 345 N.E.2d 831. Later in 1976, appellant filed his first petition for post-conviction relief, which was denied after a hearing in 1977. We affirmed that denial in Baum v. State (1978), 269 Ind. 176, 379 N.E.2d 437. Appellant filed his second post-conviction…