Legal Opinion

Turner v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided August 8, 1996No. 71A04-9508-PC-335PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHEZEM, Judge.

Case Summary

Petitioner-Appellant, Rodney Turner ("Turner"), appeals the trial court's denial of his Petition for Post-Conviction Relief. We affirm.

Issue

Turner presents one issue for our review which we restate as follows: whether Turner *1026received ineffective assistance of counsel when his trial attorney failed to raise the issue of whether Turner was entitled to sentencing pursuant to an ameliorative statute rather than the statute in effect at the time of his sentencing.

Facts and Procedural History

We adopt the following facts, as set forth by our supreme court in Turner's…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Clark v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Johnson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Best v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Propes v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Cossel v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996
  2. Hellums v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. Turner v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
  4. Harold Warren v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2020
  5. Turner v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996

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