State Ex Rel. Woodford v. Marion Superior Court

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Relator Norman Woodford requested that we issue a writ of mandate directing the Marion Superior Court to take jurisdiction over his second petition for post-conviction relief, We conclude that the trial court correctly declined to entertain the petition because Woodford did not comply with Post-Conviction Rule 1(12).

In December 1974, Woodford and Robbie Allen Woods held up a Hook's Drug Store at gun point. In the shoot-out that ensued, both Woods and Officer Ronald Manly died. The State filed multiple charges against Woodford. Woodford and his lawyers bargained with the…