Legal Opinion
Woodson v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 2012No. 49A02-1108-PC-768PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BARNES, Judge.
Case Summary
Keith Woodson appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief (“PCR petition”), which challenged his convictions for murder and Class A misdemeanor carrying a handgun without a license. We affirm.
Issue
The sole issue before us is whether Woodson received ineffective assistance of trial counsel.
Facts
On May 7, 2002, Stephen Webber shot and killed Anthony Dawson, a/k/a “Frog,” in Indianapolis. Tr. 2 p. 34. 1 Dawson was friends with Woodson. After police investigation of the incident, the prosecutor’s office decided not to file homicide charges…
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