Sherelis v. Duckworth

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.

I

The petitioner, Robert T. Sherelis, who is represented by retained counsel, filed this petition seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on July 9, 1987. The petitioner was convicted in the Elkhart Circuit Court at Goshen, Indiana, of four counts of delivery of a controlled substance in excess of three grams, and one count of a delivery of a controlled substance of less than three grams. Judge Gene R. Duffin of that court imposed a sentence of 30 years for the first four counts, and a sentence of 20 years for the last count. A direct appeal was taken…