Azania v. State

*249 ORDER

Zolo Agona Azania f/k/a Rufus Averhart was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. That judgment was affirmed on direct appeal, Averhart v. State, 470 N.E.2d 666 (Ind.1984), but the death sentence was vacated in post-conviction proceedings in this Court and a new penalty phase proceeding was ordered. Averhart v. State, 614 N.E.2d 924 (Ind.1993). Azania was again sentenced to death at this retrial and that new sentence was affirmed in the direct appeal from the retrial. Azania v. State, 730 N.E.2d 646 (Ind.2000).

By counsel, Azania filed a “Petition for Leave to File Petition for…