Legal Opinion
State of Indiana v. Matthew Stidham
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided September 6, 2018No. Court of Appeals Case 18A02-1701-PC-68PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, Judge.
[1] The State of Indiana appeals the post-conviction court's grant of a petition for post-conviction relief filed by Matthew Stidham. The State raises one issue which we revise and restate as whether the post-conviction court erred by granting Stidham post-conviction relief. We reverse.
Facts and Procedural History
[2] The relevant facts as discussed in Stidham's direct appeal follow:
On the night of February 23, 1991, [Stidham] and several of his friends, including the decedent in this case, drove to the decedent's apartment where they drank whiskey and played guitars. They…
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2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Hammons v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986
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