Jarrard v. Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION PAYTON THOMAS JARRARD, Petitioner, v. CAUSE NO.: 3:22-CV-724-DRL-MGG WARDEN, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER Payton Thomas Jarrard, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a habeas corpus petition challenging his 2015 child molestation conviction in Tippecanoe County under case number 79D01-1401-F1-1. (ECF 2.) For the following reasons, the court denies his petition. BACKGROUND In deciding the petition, the court must presume the facts set forth by the state court are correct, unless Mr. Jarrard rebuts this presumption…