No. 25-6497

Candelario Cruz-Trujillo v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2026-01-06
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review ineffective-assistance judicial-proceedings post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct waiver
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals ' holding that Candelario Cruz-Trujillo
waived his post-conviction claim because he failed to make specific citations to the Record
in his petition for post-conviction relief and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of
law represents such a significant departure from the usual course of judicial proceedings
as to warrant Supreme Court jurisdiction?

II. Whether Candelario Cruz-Trujillo received ineffective assistance of trial counsel
due to his lawyer 's failure to object to prosecutorial misconduct?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals' holding that Candelario Cruz-Trujillo waived his post-conviction claim due to insufficient Record citations represents a significant departure from usual judicial proceedings, and whether Cruz-Trujillo received ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure to object to prosecutorial misconduct

Docket Entries

2026-01-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-14
Waiver of right of respondent State of Indiana to respond filed.
2025-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 5, 2026)

Attorneys

Candelario Cruz-Trujillo
Candelario Cruz-Trujillo — Petitioner
State of Indiana
James Allen BartaOffice of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent