No. 20-5443

Christopher Rondeau v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2020-08-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-alien due-process federal-law foreign-national legal-status legally-dead murder-prosecution subject-matter-jurisdiction
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2020-10-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Were the Petitioner's 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendment rights violated?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Were the Petitioner’s 5", 6", and 14"" Amendment rights violated when the State of Indiana held a trial without subject matter jurisdiction in which the Petitioner was convicted of murdering in April of 2009, an alleged victim that was a non-resident foreign national, that had been declared to be officially and legally dead in his own country since 2008, and was never proven to even have been in the United States in April of 2009? 2. Were the Petitioner’s 5" and 14" Amendment rights violated when Indiana Courts denied the Petitioner the right to challenge, verify, and confirm whether or not subject matter jurisdiction existed on the records of the Petitioner’s case? 3. Can the State of Indiana name a deceased citizen from the Federal Republic of Germany, that the Federal Republic of Germany declared to be officially and legally dead in 2008, as an alleged murder victim in April of 2009? ; 4. Can the State of Indiana name a deceased citizen from the Federal Republic of Germany that did not have a valid passport, visa, or authorization from the United States to be in the United States in 2009, as an alleged Indiana murder victim in April of 2009? wo. 5. Can the State of Indiana circumvent subject matter jurisdiction requirements to hear this case by changing the alleged victim’s citizenship status label from “Adolf Stegbauer deceased citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany” to “Adolf Stegbauer of Indianapolis”? 6. Is the burden of proof on the State of Indiana to establish the nonexistence of the fact that the alleged murder victim, “Adolf Stegbauer”, was already officially and legally . 2 Petition for writ of certiorari of Christopher Rondeau dead at the time that the alleged murder took place in April of 2009, and can the Petitioner be charged under Indiana statute or common law (or Federal law) with a crime when there is no proof offered by the state of Indiana on the record that showed that “Adolf Stegbauer” was alive after 2008 to contradict the findings of Adolf Stegbauer’s government, the Federal Republic of Germany? 7. Is the burden of proof on the State of Indiana to establish the fact that the alleged murder victim was in fact in the United States at the time that the alleged murder took place in April of 2009 and can the Petitioner be charged under Indiana statute or common law (or Federal law) with a crime, when the state of Indiana did not show proof on the record that the alleged victim, who was a deceased foreign national, was _ even in the United States at the time that the alleged Indiana murder took place in April of 2009? : 8. Do Indiana courts have any authority over the “legally dead” status of citizens of other sovereign nations that are not residents of the United States? 9. Can parties agree to have subject matter jurisdiction via stipulations, or does subject matter jurisdiction have to be proven to exist in order to actually have subject matter jurisdiction? 10.Were the Petitioner’s 5" and 14" U.S. Constitutional Amendment rights violated when the State of Indiana hid the fact from the jury that the alleged Indiana murder victim would in fact have been a “criminal alien” that was violating Federal Law, if he was in fact alive and in Indiana in April of 2009? 3 Petition for writ of certiorari of Christopher Rondeau

Docket Entries

2020-10-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
2020-09-24
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
2020-07-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Christopher Rondeau
Christopher Rondeau — Petitioner
Christopher Rondeau — Petitioner
Indiana
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent