WHITE v. STATE

No. 2-280A46.

414 N.E.2d 973 (1981)

David E. WHITE and Robert D. Box, Appellants (Defendants below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District.

January 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Spencer, Indianapolis, for appellants.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen. (as of 1/12/81), Jeff G. Fihn, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


SHIELDS, Judge.

Appellants David E. White and Robert D. Box appeal their convictions of robbery alleging they were denied effective assistance of trial counsel.1

We reverse.

Counsel is presumed to have prepared and executed his client's defense effectively. This presumption will be disturbed only upon strong and convincing proof that what counsel did or did not do made the proceedings a mockery of justice and shocks the...

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