Collins v. Duckworth

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHARP, Chief Judge.

This case is presently before the Court on a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitioner, Jesse Steven Collins, is an inmate at the Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana, where he is currently serving a sentence of two years for attempted theft and thirty years for being an habitual offender. A direct appeal from these convictions was taken, and the judgment of the trial court was affirmed by a unanimous Supreme Court of the State of Indiana. Collins v. State of Indiana, Ind., 415 N.E.2d 46 (1981).…