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HARRIS v. STATE

No. 577S358.

372 N.E.2d 174 (1978)

Tip HARRIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

February 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harriette Bailey Conn, Public Defender, Steven W. Dillon, Former Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Elmer Lloyd Whitmer, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant pled guilty in 1962, to first degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

PC 1, Sec. 5, places the burden of proof upon a petitioner to establish grounds for relief by a preponderance of the evidence. Payne v. State (1973), 261 Ind. 221, 301 N.E.2d 514. When petitioner asserts the ineffectiveness of counsel as grounds for relief...

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