Lynn v. State, 977S641
Decision Date | 10 July 1978 |
Docket Number | No. 977S641,977S641 |
Citation | 377 N.E.2d 1357,268 Ind. 632 |
Parties | James A. LYNN, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below). |
Court | Indiana Supreme Court |
Nile Stanton, Stanton, Boyle, Hyatt & Reuben, Indianapolis, for appellant.
Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Alembert W. Brayton, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.
The petitioner (appellant) is before this Court appealing the denial of his petition for post conviction relief, Post Conviction Remedy Rule 1. He was originally charged with and convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life. On appeal to this Court, his conviction was affirmed. Lynn v. State, (1971) 255 Ind. 631, 266 N.E.2d 8.
In his petition the petitioner raised the following as grounds for setting aside his conviction:
(1) Petitioner was denied fundamental fairness and due process of law in the giving of court's final instructions Nos. 19 and 28, State's final instruction No. 8 and petitioner's final instruction No. 19.
(2) Under the totality of the circumstances the defendant was denied fundamental fairness and due process of law by the giving of all of the erroneous instructions.
At the petitioner's trial on the criminal charges, the trial court gave several instructions to the jury concerning the defense of insanity, one of which was tendered by the petitioner. Following the post-conviction hearing, the trial court found that no objections to the instructions had been made at trial, that the petitioner's motion to correct errors filed after the trial failed to raise such question and that the instructions were never brought before the Supreme Court during the course of his appeal. It appears from the record before us that the first assignment of error with regard to such instructions was by the petition for post-conviction relief.
Ind.R.Cr.P. 8(B) provides that:
The purpose of the above rule is to allow the trial court an opportunity to correct any specific errors which may occur at the time, so as to avoid a new trial. Summerlin v. State, (1971) 256 Ind. 652, 271 N.E.2d 411; Lynn v. State, (1971) 255 Ind. 631, 266 N.E.2d 8. In the same vein, parties are required to present all possible grounds for appeal in their motion to correct errors so as to allow the trial court a chance to review and correct any errors, thus avoiding the necessity of an appeal. Bailey v. State, (1976) Ind., 346 N.E.2d 741; Finch v. State, (1975) 264 Ind. 48, 338 N.E.2d 629; Ford v. State, (1967) 248 Ind....
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