Lenoir v. State

Appellant Lenoir was convicted in Lake Superior Court on December 16, 1975, of commission of a felony while armed. Pie was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. A hearing was held on appellant’s motion for post-conviction relief under Ind. R. P.C. 2 in February 1977. This motion was denied in May 1977, and the present appeal follows.

The sole issue presented is whether appellant’s trial counsel was competent. Appellant alleges incompetency based on his counsel’s failure to call either Albert Winston or Raymond Baxter as witnesses at trial. Albert Winston pleaded guilty to armed robbery in…