Case Title: Floyd Tewell v. State of Indiana  (order)

Citation: 

Docket Number: 48S02-0801-PC-21

State: indiana

Court: Indiana Supreme Court

Date: 2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

Document:
In the  
Indiana Supreme Court 
 
Floyd TEWELL,  
 
 
Appellant, 
 
 
 
v. 
 
STATE of Indiana, 
Appellee. 
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Supreme Court Cause No. 
48S02-0801-PC-21 
 
Court of Appeals Cause No. 
48A02-0701-PC-118 
 
Madison Superior Court Cause No. 
48D03-0610-MI-901 
 
PUBLISHED ORDER GRANTING TRANSFER and  
ADOPTING THE OPINION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
The Parole Board revoked parole for Appellant, Floyd Tewell, thus returning him to 
prison to serve out a life sentence.  Tewell then filed what he titled a petition for writ of habeas 
corpus.  Treating the petition as one seeking post-conviction relief, the trial court denied relief 
and Tewell appealed.  Rejecting Tewell’s appellate arguments, the Court of Appeals held the 
trial court (1) had correctly treated Tewell’s petition as a post-conviction relief petition, and (2) 
had properly concluded the Indiana Parole Board had not previously discharged Tewell from his 
life sentence.  See Tewell v. State, 876 N.E.2d 337 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007).      
 
  
The matter comes before this Court on Tewell’s pro se petition seeking transfer of 
jurisdiction in accordance with Appellate Rules 56(B) and 57(B)(2).  The Justices have  
reviewed the decision of the Court of Appeals and materials filed in connection with the request 
to transfer jurisdiction, and have discussed the matter in conference.   
 
 
Being duly advised and having concluded the Court of Appeals correctly decided the 
issues, we GRANT transfer, and ADOPT the opinion of the Court of Appeals.  See Ind. 
Appellate Rule 58(A)(1).    
 
 
The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this order to West Publishing for publication in 
the bound volumes of this Court’s decisions.  
 
 
Done at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 11th day of January, 2008.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/  
Randall T. Shepard 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice of Indiana  
 
All Justices concur.   
FILED
CLERK
of the supreme court,
court of appeals and
tax court
Jan 11 2008, 4:40 pm