No. 25-6497

Candelario Cruz-Trujillo v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2026-01-06
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review ineffective-assistance judicial-proceedings post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct waiver
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals' holding that Candelario Cruz-Trujillo waived his post-conviction claim due to insufficient Record citations represents a significant departure from usual judicial proceedings, and whether Cruz-Trujillo received ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure to object to prosecutorial misconduct

Docket Entries

2026-01-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-14
Waiver of right of respondent State of Indiana to respond filed.
2025-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 5, 2026)

Attorneys

Candelario Cruz-Trujillo
Candelario Cruz-Trujillo — Petitioner
Candelario Cruz-Trujillo — Petitioner
State of Indiana
James Allen BartaOffice of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent
James Allen BartaOffice of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent