Whether the Indiana Supreme Court decided an issue without determining the effect of ex post facto law, which affected petitioner's property and due process rights under the Fifth (5th) and Fourteenth (14th) Amendments of the United States Constitution

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether the Indiana Supreme Court decided an issue — without determining the effect of ex post facto law, which affected petitioner’s property and due process rights under the Fifth (5th) and Fourteenth (14th) Amendments of the United States Constitution. Whether the Indiana Supreme Court was foreclosed from considering facts presented in the record of the lower court due to any waiver by petitioner’s attorney(s) — which constituted ineffective representation thereby denying petitioner’s right to counsel under the Sixth (6th) Amendment of the United States Constitution.