Legal Opinion
Hackworth v. Warden
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided February 22, 2021No. 3:21-cv-00117Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION MICHAEL HACKWORTH, Petitioner, v. CAUSE NO. 3:21-CV-117-JD-MGG WARDEN, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER Michael Hackworth, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a habeas corpus petition under
28 U.S.C. § 2254
to challenge his sentence for cocaine dealing under Case No. 79D02-1008-FA-21. Following a trial, on August 6, 2010, the Tippecanoe Superior Court sentenced him as a habitual offender to sixty-five years of incarceration. Pursuant to Section 2254 Habeas Corpus Rule 4, the court must dismiss the petition “[i]f it…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Harris v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2008
- Townsend v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2003
- Bell v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
- Arnold Tuell v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2019