Allen Snyder v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Whether the lower courts erred in denying Snyder's application for post-conviction relief based on an apparent confusion about the identity of the victim
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. In denying Snyder’s application for post conviction relief, the trial court said Snyder was challenging his conviction and sentence for the second degree murder of his wife; however, Snyder’s wife is not deceased and neither is she #e victim in this case. The lower courts have overlooked and ignored this egregious error. Like the judge who presided over the trial, could the jury have been confused about who the actual victim was in this case? 2. Snyder is not an experienced pro se litigant and has not had any legal training. He received some assistance from the prison law library to restructure his claims, making 2 instead of 10. The lower courts refused to review Snyder’s claim, alleging it was new; however, none of the claims were new and they are contained in Snyder’s original post-conviction application. Did the lower courts err in not reviewing the claim on its merits? it a . .