Smith v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Tommie J. Smith appeals from the denial of his Amended Petition for Post-Conviction Relief. Smith was convicted, as was his co-defendant, Gregory Resnover, of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the shooting death of Indianapolis policeman Jack Ohrberg. On the murder charge, Smith and Resnover were both sentenced to death.

The two men pursued separate appeals. Resnover's conviction and sentence were upheld by this Court in Resnover v. State (1984), Ind., 460 N.E.2d 922, cert. denied, 469 U.S. 873, 105 S.Ct. 231, 83 L.Ed.2d 160. Resnover pursued a petition for…