No. 24-6383

Christian Ricker v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2025-01-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance post-conviction prosecutorial-misconduct
Latest Conference: 2025-02-28
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Was a State Appellate Courts Finding that the States Prosecutorial Misconduct and Conditioning during Voir Dire was waived by Failure to Raise these issues on Direct Appeal Wrong and an unconstitutional denial of Due Process Under the 14th Amendment?

2. Was Christian Rickers' Due Process Rights Under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution violated when the State Appellate Court Ruled that Rickers Trial Counsel has Not Shown either deficient Performance or Prejudice on the issues of introducing evidence that Christian Rickers accusers Sister Made allegations of Sexual abuse that indicated Ricker was the Perpetrator and by Failing to Cross-examine Rickers accuser (J.S.) regarding her Prior inconsistent Statements?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the state appellate court's ruling on a criminal defendant's post-conviction claims of prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel violated his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment

Docket Entries

2025-03-03
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
2025-02-11
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
2024-12-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 24, 2025)

Attorneys

Christian Ricker
Christian Ricker — Petitioner
Indiana
James Allen BartaOffice of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent