Lynk v. Duckworth

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.

On December 9, 1986, the petitioner, Lee Thomas Lynk, filed, pro se, his petition seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This petitioner was convicted of the crime of murder in the perpetration of a robbery in the Lake Superior Court at Crown Point, Indiana, and was sentenced to life on March 23, 1978. This conviction was the subject of a direct appeal reported under the title of May (and Lynk) v. State, 265 Ind. 25, 349 N.E.2d 171 (1976), in which the Court spoke through Justice Hunter with Justice DeBruler writing a concurring opinion.…