Legal Opinion
Corcoran v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 2006No. 02S00-0508-PD-350PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
Following proceedings that began in 2008 when Joseph Corcoran refused to sign a petition for post-conviction relief from his sentence of death and that were the subject of earlier decisions of this Court, Corcoran changed his mind and in 2005 signed such a petition. The trial judge dismissed this latter petition as not having been timely filed, a decision we affirm in this opinion.
Background
Joseph Corcoran was convicted of four counts of murder in May, 1999, and sentenced to death. He sought appellate review of his sentence, which was affirmed by this Court. Corcoran v.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Mayle v. FelixSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Spranger v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
- Corcoran v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
- Corcoran v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
- Corcoran v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2005
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Joseph E. Corcoran v. Ron NealCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- Corcoran v. BussCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- Michael Howard v. Allen County Board of Zoning, Appeals and Alvin SchmuckerIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
- Corcoran v. BussDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 2007
- Town of Pittsboro Advisory Plan Commission and Town of Pittsboro Town Council v. Art Park, LLCIndiana Court of Appeals · 2015
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