Legal Opinion

Hendricks v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 8, 2004No. 49A04-0307-PC-344Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SULLIVAN, Judge.

Michael Hendricks appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. He presents one issue for our review, whether he was denied the effective assistance of appellate counsel.

We affirm.

The facts of the case, as recited by this court in a memorandum decision affirming Hendricks' conviction upon direct appeal, follow:

"The evidence most favorable to the verdict reveals that 17 year-old Gena Hewitt changed her two year-old daughter H.'s diaper and put her to bed at 10:00 p.m. on September 14, 1994. Hewitt noticed nothing unusual about H.'s vagina. At…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. McCary v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002

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