Opinion ID: 852587
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Indiana's Successive Post-Conviction Procedures

Text: Before us now is Woods's request to litigate additional post-conviction claims. As indicated, Woods has already availed himself of our rule that provides a person convicted of a crime in an Indiana state court one collateral review of a conviction and sentence in a post-conviction proceeding. See Ind. Post-Conviction Rule 1. Because he has completed the review to which he is entitled as a matter of right, he needs our permission to litigate another or successive post-conviction claim. We permit such a proceeding to go forward only if the petitioner establishes a reasonable possibility that the petitioner is entitled to post-conviction relief. P-C.R. 1 § 12(b). In deciding whether Woods has made the required showing, we consider the applicable law, the successive post-conviction papers, [1] materials from his prior appeals and post-conviction proceedings, including the record, briefs and court decisions, and any other material we deem relevant. See id. If we authorize the proceeding to go forward, Woods would be entitled to counsel at public expense and the case would return to the trial court for further proceedings in accordance with Post-Conviction Rule 1. See id. § 12(c).