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Donald G. Karr, Jr. v. Indiana

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District, No. 29A02-1707-CR-01502 · judgment January 31, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Indiana Supreme Court correctly concluded that Indiana’s procedures governing claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel raised on direct appeal conflict with Trevino v. Thaler, 569 U.S. 413 (2013) when an ineffective assistance of counsel claim is summarily denied.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.
Brownstone, P.A.

For respondent
Stephen Richard Creason

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 1, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 15 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Aug 08 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Indiana to respond filed.
  4. Jul 20 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 30, 2018)