Crisp v. Indiana

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Petitioner-Appellant Michael Crisp was convicted by jury of Murder. On December 6,1976, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed in Crisp v. State (1979), 271 Ind. 534, 394 N.E.2d 115. Crisp’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus was denied by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and that denial was affirmed in Crisp v. Duckworth (7th Cir.1984), 743 F.2d 580, cert. denied (1985), 469 U.S. 1226, 105 S.Ct. 1221, 84 L.Ed.2d 361.

On March 14, 1984, Crisp filed a pro se Petition for Post-Conviction Relief alleging…