Hendrixson v. Lash

Petitioner, proceeding pro se, filed a “writ of habeas corpus” with the LaPorte County Circuit Court, the county of his confinement. That court denied relief due to its finding that it was without jurisdiction to entertain the petition. No motion to correct errors apears in the record. The case came to this court on appeal from that decision. In its appellate brief, the State of Indiana chose to respond to the merits of petitioner’s argument instead of relying upon any jurisdictional or procedural defects.

Petitioner was convicted in the Marion County Criminal Court, Division One, of the crime…