Legal Opinion

Baird v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided July 19, 2005No. 54S00-0505-SD-240PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*111ORDER CONCERNING SUCCESSIVE PETITION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF IN CAPITAL CASE

Introduction

Petitioner Arthur P. Baird stands convicted of three counts of murder and sen*112tenced to death after having completed the review to which he is entitled as a matter of right. Baird now requests permission to litigate additional collateral claims in state court, the primary foeus of which is the claim he should not have been sentenced to death because he was mentally ill when he committed the murders. Because we conclude Baird has not shown a reasonable possibility he is entitled to relief, we deny his…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Ford v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Sosa v. Alvarez-MachainSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. JudgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. Overstreet v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Baer v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2011
  4. Matheney v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
  5. Matheney v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005

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