Legal Opinion
Rodney L. Boyko v. Al C. Parke, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 27, 2001No. 99-3771PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
At the age of fifteen, Rodney Boyko was convicted of the murder of Lester Clouse and sentenced to 35 years in prison. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal by the Indiana Court of Appeals, see Boy-ko v. State, 566 N.E.2d 1060 (Ind.Ct.App. 1991), and he did not petition for transfer to the Indiana Supreme Court. Mr. Boy-ko then filed a petition for postconviction relief in which he alleged, inter alia, that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in failing to consider and to raise certain defenses. After holding an eviden-tiary hearing on the matter,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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- Harris v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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