Ricketts v. Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION RONNIE WAYNE RICKETTS, JR., Petitioner, v. CAUSE NO. 3:20-CV-55-JD-MGG WARDEN, Respondent. OPINION AND ORDER Ronnie Wayne Ricketts, Jr., a prisoner without a lawyer, filed an amended habeas corpus petition to challenge his conviction for burglary under Case No. 82D03- 1702-F2-1230. Following a jury trial, on February 9, 2018, the Vanderburgh Superior Court sentenced him to seventeen and a half years of incarceration. FACTUAL BACKGROUND In deciding this habeas petition, the court must presume the facts set forth by…