Labels:book | reckoner | sky | tree | windowpane OCR: stance : that Schiro "intentionafly killed [the decedent] while committing or attempting to commit rape Schiro State 451 N.E.2d at 1058 majority Of the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed Schiro's conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Schiro State 451 N.E.2d 1047 (Ind. i983} Post-Conviction Proceedings: In Schiro's first post -conviction action he raised two legal issues: (1) whether the trial judge was biased pun improperly considered Schiro's behavior during the coursc of the trial 11 sentencing him death: and whet ler trial counscl rendered consti itutionally ineffective assist- ance counsel second state post- -conviction petition. Schiro argued that his death sentenec stood 11 violation the newspaper reporter teetified that to the return the guilt phase verdict, the trial judge stated, ...