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MERIDA v. STATE

No. 1277S820.

383 N.E.2d 1043 (1979)

Ike Junior MERIDA, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

January 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Shields, Batesville, for appellant.

Theo. L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Alembert W. Brayton, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder and was sentenced to a term of 15-25 years imprisonment. He advances one argument in this appeal: That his trial counsel was incompetent.

"It is well settled that it requires strong and convincing evidence to rebut the presumption that counsel has been competent. Incompetency of counsel revolves around the particular facts of each case, and what the attorney did or did not do must have...

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