Jay R. Thompson v. State of Indiana

BRADFORD, Judge.

Case Summary

[1] Appellant-Petitioner Jay Thompson was convicted of two counts of murder and conspiracy to commit burglary and sentenced to an aggregate 120-year term. On appeal, the Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the sentence in 1990. Thompson filed a petition for post-conviction relief (“PCR”) in 1992. Thompson filed several amendments to his petition in the subsequent twenty years but neglected to prosecute the petition until 2014. Appellee-Respondent the State of Indiana (“the State”) filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to the doctrine of laches and the PCR court granted the…