Raymond Pratt v. David Ballard, Warden

Chief Justice Ketehum:

The petitioner, Raymond Pratt, an inmate serving a life sentence at the Mt. Olive Correctional Complex, appeals from the October 29,2015, order of the Circuit Court of Marion County (the “habeas court”) denying him relief in habeas corpus. Pratt’s criminal history includes convictions of a number of felonies. The matter now before us concerns his April 1976 conviction in Marion County of armed robbery. That conviction resulted in Pratt’s life sentence.

In the October 29, 2015, order, the habeas court set forth reasons for the imposition of Pratt’s life sentence as…