Gordon v. Caldwell

Grant, Justice.

We granted a certificate of probable cause in this habeas corpus action to determine if the habeas court erred in ruling that certain claims alleged in Andre Gordon's petition for habeas corpus were foreclosed from habeas review. Because we conclude that some of those claims are not foreclosed, we vacate the judgment in part and remand to the habeas court to consider them.

In 2008, a jury found Gordon guilty of child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, rape, and incest in connection with crimes he committed in June and July of 2000. Although the State had originally indicted…