Hamilton v. State

CONOVER, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant James Hamilton appeals the dismissal of his second petition for post-conviction relief.

We affirm.

Hamilton's sole issue for our review is whether the trial court erred in summarily dismissing his second petition for post-conviction relief.

In 1988, a jury convicted Hamilton of murder. He appealed, contending the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the conviction in Hamilton v. State (1984), Ind., 468 N.E.2d 218.

In 1985, Hamilton filed his first pro se petition for post-conviction relief.1 The court denied it…