Corey Middleton v. State of Indiana

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 32A01-1603-PC-592

Corey Middleton filed a petition for post-conviction relief, alleging several claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The post-conviction court denied Middleton’s petition, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Middleton v. State, 64 N.E.3d 895 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016), reh’g denied. In so doing, the court determined Middleton’s counsel performed deficiently as to one of Middleton’s claims. Id. at 903. But the court ultimately rejected that claim, finding Middleton had “not established that but for counsel’s…