Legal Opinion

Long v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided May 13, 1997No. 46A04-9701-PC-5PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RILEY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Petitioner-Appellant Melvin Long (Long) appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief.

We reverse and remand.

ISSUE

Long presents the following restated issue for review:

Whether the court committed reversible error by failing to forward Long’s post-conviction relief petition to the State Public Defender.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The facts most favorable to the judgment follow. Long was convicted of murder and received a sixty year sentence in 1989. On January 12,1994, Long filed pro se a petition for post-conviction relief and an…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Curry v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994
  2. Clayton v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996
  3. Ilagan v. McAbeeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. Murphy v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Sanders v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Beech v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. Jones v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002
  3. Christian v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999
  4. Taylor v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Jones v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002

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