ROCK v. STATE

No. 1178S258.

388 N.E.2d 533 (1979)

Shirley M. ROCK, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harriette Bailey Conn, Public Defender, Ihor N. Boyko, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Theo. L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Jack R. O'Neill, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


PIVARNIK, Justice.

Appellant, Shirley Rock, was charged with first degree murder by an Elkhart County Grand Jury on June 14, 1972. She later pleaded guilty to the lesser included offense of second-degree murder and on October 3, 1972, was sentenced to life imprisonment. On October 24, 1977, she filed a Petition for Post-Conviction Relief, the denial of which gave rise to the present appeal.

Appellant presents four issues for our review, concerning: (1) the...

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