Legal Opinion
Demajio Ellis v. State of Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 26, 2017No. 71S05-1606-PC-360PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition To Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 71A05-1511-PC-1845
Rucker, Justice.
Petitioner appeals the denial of post-conviction relief contending his plea of guilty to four class A felony offenses was invalid because at the time Petitioner entered the plea he also professed his innocence. We agree and reverse the judgment of the post-conviction court.
Facts and Procedural History 1
On November 9, 2010, the State charged eighteen-year-old Demajio Ellis and his sixteen-year-old cousin, Shawn Alexander, with two counts of attempted murder as class A felonies and two counts of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Fisher v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2004
- Ben-Yisrayl v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
- Allen v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
- Ross v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1983
- Harshman v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1953
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3Cited by12 opinions
- David Hooker v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2019
- Anthony Wampler v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2020
- Benny R. Knight, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2020
- Demajio J. Ellis v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2019
- Elijah Z. Harris v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2019
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