Mueller v. Benning

This case concerns jurisdiction and pleading of habeas corpus and post-conviction petitions. In a 1985 trial of a burglary charge, petitioner here was found guilty except for insanity and was committed to the jurisdiction of the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB). He now seeks release from that commitment by attacking the validity of the trial that produced that result and of the appeal that affirmed it.

In late 1987, petitioner personally wrote a letter to a Marion County Circuit Court Judge complaining about defects at his trial and subsequent appeal, including inadequate performance…