No. 24A1077

Benjamin Ritchie v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: N/A
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: fetal-alcohol-syndrome habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-bar successive-postconviction-petition
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court violates the requirements of Martinez v. Ryan by applying a procedural bar to successive postconviction petitions that prevents development of ineffective assistance of initial-collateral counsel claims without applying the equitable standard mandated by federal law

Docket Entries

2025-05-19
Application (24A1077) referred to the Court.
2025-05-19
Application (24A1077) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Barret and by her referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2025-05-07
Application (24A1077) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Barrett.

Attorneys

Benjamin Ritchie
Steven Henry SchuttePublic Defender of Indiana, Petitioner