Wickliffe v. State

OPINION

RILEY, Judge

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant-Petitioner Lonnie Wickliffe (Wickliffe) appeals the Sullivan County Circuit Court’s (“Sullivan court”) denial and subsequent transfer of Wickliffe’s State Writ of Habeas Corpus to the Marion County Superior Court (“Marion court”).

We affirm.

ISSUE

Wickliffe raises several issues for our review which we consolidate and restate as whether the Sullivan court properly transferred Wickliffe’s Writ of Habeas Corpus to the Marion court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Wickliffe was convicted of first-degree murder at the conclusion of a jury trial in Marion…