Legal Opinion
Ward v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 26, 1983No. 3-782A178PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STATON, Judge.
Ronald E. Ward (Ward) filed a Petition for Post-Conviction Relief. After a hearing before the trial court, his Petition was denied. Ward appeals, raising one issue: Whether Ward was denied effective counsel because his court-appointed attorney was also attorney of record for a prosecution witness.
Affirmed.
When David Farris (Farris) was charged with three crimes in early 1979, attorney Kenneth Watson (Watson) was appointed to represent him; however, when Farris himself called the Warren County prosecutor's office and volunteered to work with the State as an informant, contact…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Magnolia Ross, Petitioner-Appellee-Appellant v. Robert Heyne and Theodore L. Sendak, Respondents-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Richardson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Tate v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
- Johnson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
- Anessa B. Bennett v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2014
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