JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 982S345.

453 N.E.2d 975 (1983)

James T. JOHNSON, Appellant (Petitioner below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Respondent below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender of Indiana, Ihor N. Boyko, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen. of Indiana, John D. Shuman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


PRENTICE, Justice.

The Petitioner (Appellant) pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to Murder, Ind. Code § 35-42-1-1(1) (Burns 1979), and was sentenced to fifty (50) years imprisonment. This direct appeal from denial of Petitioner's petition for post conviction relief presents three issues for review, one of which compels us to reverse the judgment of the trial court and to order his guilty plea vacated.

On August 22, 1978, Petitioner was charged...

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