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Perez v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 22, 2001No. 12S00-9910-CR-633PublishedCited by 77 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOEHM, Justice.

Santiago Perez was convicted of murder and sentenced to sixty years imprisonment. He raises seven issues in this criminal direct appeal, including trial counsel ineffectiveness. We agree that Perez's Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel was violated and remand for a new trial.

Factual and Procedural Background

In the wee hours of the morning of May 9, 1998, Perez was at a bar in Frankfort, Indiana, with Ignacio "Nacho" Soledad and several other friends. An altercation broke out between Soledad and another patron, Derek Thomas. After Soledad "sucker punched" Thomas, Soledad…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Loyd v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Bieghler v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Ingram v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by77 opinions

  1. Stephenson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Smith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Jewell v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Ian McCullough v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2012
  5. McCorker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2003

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