Indiana Supreme Court May 21, 1979, 378S51 (Zellers v. State)

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant Zellers made a plea of guilty to a charge of first-degree murder of his uncle’s wife in 1966, and received a sentence of life imprisonment. In 1969, he filed a motion to vacate the judgment and to withdraw his guilty plea contending that he was coerced by police officers into giving an incriminating statement and that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel.