Stuck v. State

Appellant filed pro se a pleading in the LaPorte Circuit Court which he denominated “A motion for Eelief in Writ of Habeas Corpus in Forma Pauperis,” in which he alleged a violation of his constitutional rights growing out of the following facts:

Sometime prior to January, 1969, the petitioner had been tried and convicted on a charge of second degree burglary in Marion County, but had not yet been sentenced following his conviction. In January, 1969, the petitioner was arrested in Boone County, Indiana, for the murder of a Westfield deputy town marshal. Following his arrest he was transferred…