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CORCORAN v. STATE

No. 02S00-0508-PD-350.

845 N.E.2d 1019 (2006)

Joseph E. CORCORAN, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

April 18, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender of Indiana, Joanna McFadden, Deputy Public Defender, Laura L. Volk, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for Appellant.

Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Stephen R. Creason, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellee.

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Following proceedings that began in 2003 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...

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